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09:00 EST
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09:05 - 09:30 ESTBSV Blockchain: It’s About TimeGeneralSpeakerJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationSpeakerJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
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09:30 - 09:50 ESTBSV: Technical UpdateInformation TechnologySpeakerSteve Shadders - CTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure TeamSpeakerSteve Shadders CTO nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure TeamSteve Shadders
CTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Team
Steve Shadders has been involved in Bitcoin infrastructure since early 2011. As one of the first authors of open-source mining pool software “PoolServerJ,” he was at the forefront of implementing new features like merged mining and local coinbase generation that are in common use today.Steve was actively involved in Mike Hearn’s Bitcoin project as one of the earliest contributors and still uses it today as his staple Bitcoin library. Today, Steve heads up nChain’s engineering team and is the Technical Director of the Bitcoin SV Node project. He is passionate about the future role of Bitcoin in reshaping the world. In his own words, it is disruptive technology with “more potential to change the world than the printing press.” In his role, he contributes his ecosystem-wide perspective to support building the mining and UX infrastructure needed to enable Satoshi’s Vision to be realized.
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09:50 - 10:30 ESTOnline Games: Next Level on the BSV BlockchainiGamingBrandon Bryant - Software Engineer, HandCashEric LaForce - Technical Co-Founder, Haste ArcadeJackson Laskey - Co-Founder & CEO, Unbounded EnterpriseTaylor Searle - Strategic Advisor, Built By Gamers10/05/2021 09:50 AM Europe/Zurich 10/05/2021 10:30 AM CGC ZURICH: Online Games: Next Level on the BSV BlockchainOnline Games: Next Level on the BSV Blockchain=0D=0ABrandon Bryant - Software Engineer, HandCash=0D=0AEric LaForce - Technical Co-Founder, Haste Arcade=0D=0AJackson Laskey - Co-Founder & CEO, Unbounded Enterprise=0D=0ATaylor Searle - Strategic Advisor, Built By Gamershttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakersBrandon Bryant Software Engineer HandCashBrandon Bryant
Software Engineer, HandCash | Adjunct Professor, University of New Hampshire
Brandon began working with Bitcoin in 2016 as an original employee at Anypay, where he worked on processing Bitcoin payments. After winning a Bitcoin Association Developer Scholarship, Brandon met the HandCash team in London and began working on the team as a Cloud Engineer shortly after.
Brandon is also an adjunct Professor designing and teaching a course on the original Bitcoin protocol at the University of New Hampshire.Eric LaForce Technical Co-Founder Haste ArcadeEric LaForceTechnical Co-Founder, Haste Arcade
Eric LaForce is one of the technical co-founders of Haste Arcade, a first-of-its-kind leaderboard payout gaming platform that leverages the BSV ecosystem.
Eric has a Master's in Computer Science from UNC-Chapel Hill with a research focus in interactive graphics. He has developed significant technology products across multiple industries ranging from startups to enterprises. Recently, Eric has helped build and sell a technology consulting organization as their SVP of Engineering.Jackson Laskey Co-Founder & CEO Unbounded EnterpriseJackson LaskeyCo-Founder & CEO, Unbounded Enterprise
Jackson is a Partner at Unbounded Enterprise, a venture/hedge fund among the very first to be investing exclusively in the BSV ecosystem.
As a former professional poker player/educator, a software developer, and a professional jazz pianist, Jackson is the beneficiary of a rather non-traditional background for a professional investor. Had Jackson, and by extension Unbounded Enterprise, come from a background similar to his investing peers, he likely would have stuck with the Crypto consensus and missed the potential of BSV as so many others have.
As a poker player and as a jazz musician, Jackson was forced to learn how to think beyond the readily available resources to establish a unique point of view to stay a step ahead of his peers. With this skill set, the risk management abilities requisite of any professional poker player, and strong computer science fundamentals, Jackson emerged well prepared to take on the challenge of investing in the rapidly changing world of Bitcoin investing with its unbounded opportunity and misinformation pitfalls.
Jackson looks forward to continuing to learn about Bitcoin and helping to steer Unbounded Enterprise into a premier position in the future built on Bitcoin.
Taylor Searle Strategic Advisor Built By GamersTaylor SearleStrategic Advisor, Built By Gamers
Taylor leads the strategic integration of Bitcoin technology at Built By Gamers, a premier esports organization. Built By Gamers is working with strategic partners to lead the way as a pioneer to bring mass adoption of the Bitcoin economy to the traditional esports audience.
Taylor has a career in leading the business and technology strategy within the private equity and startup space. He has a Chief Information Officer Certificate from the Heinz School of Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon, a Master of Science degree in Taxation and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Taylor is also a Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Certified Public Accountant in the state of Arizona, and is a Certified Financial Risk Manager.
Taylor is a Bitcoin enthusiast that is constantly seeking ways to build bridges between the Bitcoin economy and traditional finance and technology industries. -
10:30 - 10:40 ESTConference AnnouncementsSpeakerJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationSpeakerJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
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10:40 - 11:00 EST
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11:00 - 11:40 ESTEsports & Blockchain: The Next Level of Professional GamingeSportsModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsDavid Case - CTO, FYX GamingDaniel Cossi - President, World Esports Consortium (WESCO)Tyler Farnsworth - CMO, Built by GamersHenry James - CEO, Espo10/05/2021 11:00 AM Europe/Zurich 10/05/2021 11:40 AM CGC ZURICH: Esports & Blockchain: The Next Level of Professional GamingEsports & Blockchain: The Next Level of Professional Gaming=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0ADavid Case - CTO, FYX Gaming=0D=0ADaniel Cossi - President, World Esports Consortium (WESCO)=0D=0ATyler Farnsworth - CMO, Built by Gamers=0D=0AHenry James - CEO, Espohttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsDavid Case CTO FYX GamingDavid CaseCTO, FYX Gaming
Drawing from over 20 years of software development experience across logistics, defense, and e-commerce industries, David brings a broad range of technological insights. David joined the crypto world in 2017, and has spent the intervening months researching the wide range of crypto projects and technologies.
As Chief Architect of CryptoFights, and with the rise of Bitcoin SV as a development infrastructure, David is obsessed with the world which we can now build and is excited to bring a first-class eSports and gaming platform to Bitcoin.
Daniel Cossi President World Esports Consortium (WESCO)Daniel CossiPresident, World Esports Consortium (WESCO)
Daniel Cossi is an entrepreneur and investor in technology, innovation, education and eSports. He is a creator of eSports legislation and regulations, a startup reality show mentor and judge, head of eSports city projects and president of World Esports Consortium (WESCO), Brazilian Confederation of Esports (CBDEL) and Empire Esports Entertainment Hainan Ltd.
Tyler Farnsworth CMO Built by GamersTyler FarnsworthCMO, Built by Gamers
Tyler Farnsworth is Chief Marketing Officer of Built By Gamers, a leading eSports organization. Tyler is an influencer marketing expert, spending nearly a decade in the industry. He is passionate about telling incredible stories, building and leading award-winning teams, and helping brands connect with the people they serve.
Tyler has built a reputation of challenging organizations to be bold in their marketing. This tenacity has helped him execute 100’s of programs for leading companies including The Kroger Company, PetSmart, Microsoft, P.F. Chang’s, See’s Candies, Norwegian Cruise Lines, and many more. All great campaigns were made possible by incredible clients that had the guts to say yes.
Tyler is a proud father of four boys, a fluent Spanish speaker, a Jurassic Park aficionado, an active outdoorsman, and a lover of classic pinball.Henry James CEO EspoHenry JamesCEO, Espo
Henry is a 10-year sportstech and fintech founder. He has worked in partnerships with companies including SAP and DBS to develop B2C and B2B products that have brought digital transformation in motorsport and financial services.
In 2021, Henry launched the eSports fan engagement platform, Espo, which recently announced its blockchain-compatible metaverse and NFT expansion for the eSports community called EspoWorld.
Through his companies DCM, Finex and Espo, Henry has served a wide range of clients from government and talent to organizations including Red Bull, Aston Martin, Bang & Olufsen, Formula E, and more. -
11:40 - 12:10 ESTBlockchain Solutions for Responsible Gaming ComplianceiGamingModeratorBecky Liggero Fontana - Lead Gaming Industry Reporter, CoinGeekPanelistsPeter Bainbridge-Clayton - Founder & CTO, kompanyPaul Foster - CEO, Crucial ComplianceNick Hill - Sales Director, nChain10/05/2021 11:40 AM Europe/Zurich 10/05/2021 12:10 PM CGC ZURICH: Blockchain Solutions for Responsible Gaming ComplianceBlockchain Solutions for Responsible Gaming Compliance=0D=0ABecky Liggero Fontana - Lead Gaming Industry Reporter, CoinGeek=0D=0APeter Bainbridge-Clayton - Founder & CTO, kompany=0D=0APaul Foster - CEO, Crucial Compliance=0D=0ANick Hill - Sales Director, nChainhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorBecky Liggero Fontana Lead Gaming Industry Reporter CoinGeekBecky Liggero Fontana
Lead Gaming Industry Reporter, CoinGeek.com
After four and a half years of iGaming industry experience with Casino City, Becky Liggero Fontana joined entrepreneur and CoinGeek founder Calvin Ayre to serve as the Head On-site Reporter for Calvin’s media brands. Since August 2009, Becky has exclusively conducted interviews with senior level executives and enthusiasts for CoinGeek.com while continuing to travel the world and document her adventures for all to watch and read.
PanelistsPeter Bainbridge-Clayton Founder & CTO kompanyPeter Bainbridge-ClaytonFounder & CTO, kompany
Since co-founding the organization back in 2012, Peter has overseen the implementation of kompany’s proprietary global live network, which offers users real-time access to official and audit-proof information for regulated and unregulated industries. He’s a true blockchain and AI enthusiast with a varied background in throughput telecoms and government systems, including leading the redesign and implementation of the UK Government Business Register, Companies House.
Paul Foster CEO Crucial CompliancePaul FosterCEO, Crucial Compliance
Paul is the CEO of Crucial Compliance and Non-Executive Director of the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association. Prior to Crucial Compliance, Paul held Senior Roles at GVC, Ladbrokes Coral, bwin.party and Partygaming.
Crucial Compliance specializes in innovative technological solutions to drive compliance and player protection to protect companies from the ever-changing international regulatory landscape.
Nick Hill Sales Director nChainNick HillSales Director, nChain
Nick is a seasoned iGaming professional that has been in the sector for over 20 years. Having held positions as Head of eBusiness in UK and Ireland at Cable & Wireless Plc., COO at Interactive Gaming Holdings Plc (IGH), and Chief Commercial Officer at EveryMatrix allowed Nick to be involved in a great number of projects and gain singular insight into both detailed matters as well as overall perspectives.
Nick has been involved and providing consultancy services to a number of businesses on a global basis. These have led him into new and innovative technologies and verticals including events, processing, blockchain and utilizing tokenization. He uses this experience to learn how new technologies can benefit the iGaming sector overall. Most recently, Nick joined nChain as Sales Director.
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12:10 - 12:30 ESTAR, VR & the Metaverse on BlockchainMarketing TechnologySpeakerRobert Rice - Founder & CEO, Transmira, Inc. (Omniscape)SpeakerRobert Rice Founder & CEO Transmira, Inc. (Omniscape)Robert Rice
Founder & CEO, Transmira Inc. (Omniscape)
Robert Rice is the Founder and CEO of Transmira, Inc.—the developer of Omniscape, an XR platform seamlessly blending Augmented and Virtual Reality together, focusing on location and monetization. He is an experienced technology and startup executive and advisor with over 25+ years of experience.Noted as an Internet Gaming Pioneer by Advertising Age magazine in 1996, Robert was also called a “Founding Father of the Digital Nation” in 1998 by The Raleigh News & Observer. He is an authority on mobile augmented reality, persistent immersive environments, virtual reality and worlds, massively multi-user online games, and simulations.
Robert coined the term “XR” in 2014 as an umbrella term for AR, MR, and VR together or in seamless combination of each together. It is now an industry standard term.
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12:30 - 13:30 EST
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13:30 - 14:00 ESTBSV vs. Other Blockchains: Differences that Matter for Developers & BusinessesInformation TechnologyModeratorKurt Wuckert Jr. - Chief Bitcoin Historian, CoinGeekPanelistPeter Bainbridge-Clayton - Founder & CTO, kompanyKevin Healy - Independent, App Developer & InvestorRohan Sharan - Product Manager, BlockReview10/05/2021 1:30 PM Europe/Zurich 10/05/2021 2:00 PM CGC ZURICH: BSV vs. Other Blockchains: Differences that Matter for Developers & BusinessesBSV vs. Other Blockchains: Differences that Matter for Developers & Businesses=0D=0AKurt Wuckert Jr. - Chief Bitcoin Historian, CoinGeek=0D=0APeter Bainbridge-Clayton - Founder & CTO, kompany=0D=0AKevin Healy - Independent, App Developer & Investor=0D=0ARohan Sharan - Product Manager, BlockReviewhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorKurt Wuckert Jr. Chief Bitcoin Historian CoinGeekKurt Wuckert Jr.
Chief Bitcoin Historian, CoinGeek
Kurt is an entrepreneur from Chicago with experience in Bitcoin mining, business management, and cybersecurity. As CoinGeek’s Chief Bitcoin Historian, Kurt is a wealth of knowledge on all things blockchain, and he has the unique ability to make complex ideas easy to understand. Kurt is never afraid to engage in a fiery debate, and his editorials are unapologetic while also being fair and fun to read. As host of the CoinGeek Weekly Livestream, Kurt is lively, informative, and sometimes controversial.
His Bitcoin journey started in 2012, and he has been an active, public advocate for Satoshi’s Vision of big block Bitcoin since the beginning of the Bitcoin Civil War. Whether in print, spoken word, video appearances or on stage, Kurt has a knack for keeping things practical while never being afraid to poke fun at people’s sacred calves. He is a frequent host, co-host and special guest across the blockchain media space, and is a fearless advocate for the unbounded Bitcoin protocol.PanelistPeter Bainbridge-Clayton Founder & CTO kompanyPeter Bainbridge-ClaytonFounder & CTO, kompany
Since co-founding the organization back in 2012, Peter has overseen the implementation of kompany’s proprietary global live network, which offers users real-time access to official and audit-proof information for regulated and unregulated industries. He’s a true blockchain and AI enthusiast with a varied background in throughput telecoms and government systems, including leading the redesign and implementation of the UK Government Business Register, Companies House.
Kevin Healy Independent App Developer & InvestorKevin HealyIndependent App Developer & Investor
Kevin has worked as an independent iOS developer in San Diego, Calif., since late 2013, and has created around a dozen apps that were published to the App Store. He became interested in the Bitcoin space as a speculative investor in 2015 and then in late 2016 he became interested in Ethereum because of the programmable money potential.
He published an introductory to Ethereum YouTube video that became popular during the 2017 bubble. However, after realizing the limitations of Ethereum he put any Ethereum projects on hold and waited for them to fulfill their scaling promises.
Years later, with the introduction of BSV and sCrypt, he realized that BSV was the most promising blockchain and could fulfill the programmable money promises at scale that Ethereum couldn’t. He published a video defending Craig Wright as being Satoshi Nakamoto which became popular, and has since been researching and educating himself on BSV development.Rohan Sharan Product Manager BlockReviewRohan SharanProduct Manager, BlockReview
Rohan Sharan is a product manager and system architect with experience in full stack development. In 2015, while still in college, he developed an interest in Bitcoin, made projects making use of it, won first position in a blockchain hackathon with a prize of 1 BTC, developed a photo-sharing application on Ethereum, and studied Steem, EOS and Cardano, before he moved to Bitcoin SV and continued to build on-chain.
He graduated from IIT Kharagpur as an Industrial & Systems Engineer in 2019, and his final year project made use of the BSV blockchain to solve the problems plaguing the scientific research publishing industry. He is currently working as part of BlockReview to create critical applications that solve problems in India by leveraging BSV, and is very passionate about having a knowledge infrastructure on BSV.
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14:00 - 14:15 ESTFYI: Better Information Tools for a More Lawful Blockchain IndustryRegulation and LawSpeakerWilliam Callahan - Director of Government & Strategic Affairs, Blockchain Intelligence Group10/05/2021 2:00 PM Europe/Zurich 10/05/2021 2:15 PM CGC ZURICH: FYI: Better Information Tools for a More Lawful Blockchain IndustryFYI: Better Information Tools for a More Lawful Blockchain Industry=0D=0AWilliam Callahan - Director of Government & Strategic Affairs, Blockchain Intelligence Grouphttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakerWilliam Callahan Director of Government & Strategic Affairs Blockchain Intelligence GroupWilliam Callahan
Director of Government & Strategic Affairs, Blockchain Intelligence Group
William (Bill) J. Callahan III is a law enforcement veteran with 20+ years in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He retired from the DEA as the Special Agent In Charge (ret.) for the St. Louis division and held numerous posts in the DEA since joining in early 2000.
In 2021, Bill joined Blockchain Intelligence Group as the Director of Government and Strategic Affairs, where he is responsible for developing relationships with law enforcement, regulators, and government agencies globally.
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14:15 - 14:30 ESTMicropayments for the World: APIs, Tokens and ComputationInformation TechnologySpeakerShashank Singhal - Co-Founder & CEO , CodughSpeakerShashank Singhal Co-Founder & CEO CodughShashank Singhal
Co-Founder & CEO, Codugh
Shashank is the co-founder and CEO of Codugh, an API marketplace that allows developers to earn from their code built on BSV Blockchain. Codugh was incubated out of the second BSV Hackathon in 2019 with a mission to create economic opportunity for developers all over the world.
Prior to Codugh, Shashank was one of the first Lead Product Managers at EdApp, which raised over $7.2M in venture capital and was acquired by SafetyCulture. Shashank was also a cyber security consultant at KPMG, delivering first-class expertise to companies around the world.
Shashank aims to leverage his expertise in both startups and MNCs to bridge the gap between emerging technologies and the everyday consumer.
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14:30 - 14:45 ESTSmart Contracts & Computation on BitcoinInformation TechnologySpeakerXiaohui Liu - Founder & CEO, sCrypt Inc.SpeakerXiaohui Liu Founder & CEO sCrypt Inc.Xiaohui Liu
Founder & CEO sCrypt Inc.
Xiaohui Liu is the founder and CEO of sCrypt Inc., a company dedicated to providing integrated on-chain smart contracting solutions on BSV. Previously, he was a co-founder and the chief scientist at blockchain startup ContentBox. Before that, he was a research scientist at Facebook in the Connectivity Lab, conducting fundamental research to make internet access available throughout the world.
Xiaohui got his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Wayne State University USA, specialized in peer-to-peer distributed networking. He has published several papers in premier conferences and journals. He also has one international patent.
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14:45 - 15:00 ESTBSV Venture Investments: It’s Time to Scale UpInvestment ManagementSpeakerPaul Rajchgod - Managing Director of Private Equity, Ayre VenturesSpeakerPaul Rajchgod Managing Director of Private Equity Ayre VenturesPaul Rajchgod
Managing Director of Private Equity, Ayre Ventures
Paul is the Managing Director of Private Equity at Ayre Ventures, working on investments into companies building on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. Prior to that, Paul was an investment banker, working with technology companies on private financings, IPOs, and M&A transactions.
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15:00 - 15:20 EST
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15:20 - 16:20 EST4th BSV Hackathon Finalist PresentationsGeneralFinalist ProjectsMarcel A. Gruber - , CATN8Joe Thomas - , Bitcoin PhoneMasatomo Tanaka - , TKS PntJudgesDonny Deutsch - Former CEO and Chairman, Deutsch Inc.Dr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChainPaul Rajchgod - Managing Director of Private Equity, Ayre VenturesSteve Shadders - CTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Team10/05/2021 3:20 PM Europe/Zurich 10/05/2021 4:20 PM CGC ZURICH: 4th BSV Hackathon Finalist Presentations4th BSV Hackathon Finalist Presentations=0D=0AMarcel A. Gruber - , CATN8=0D=0AJoe Thomas - , Bitcoin Phone=0D=0AMasatomo Tanaka - , TKS Pnt=0D=0ADonny Deutsch - Former CEO and Chairman, Deutsch Inc.=0D=0ADr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChain=0D=0APaul Rajchgod - Managing Director of Private Equity, Ayre Ventures=0D=0ASteve Shadders - CTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Teamhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginFinalist ProjectsMarcel A. Gruber CATN8Marcel A. Gruber
Director, Luxica Consulting Corp
Marcel is an independent full stack web developer and digital marketing integration consultant whose clients include many notable North American and international organizations.
An entrepreneur at heart, Marcel has worked on multiple startups in oil and gas and real estate.
Some of Marcel's passions include candid videography and photography, capturing life's most special and fleeting moments.Joe Thomas Bitcoin PhoneJoe ThomasSoftware Engineer and developer, BitcoinPhone
Joe Thomas is a software engineer and the developer of the BitcoinPhone. He is excited to develop software and help businesses leverage the unique properties of Bitcoin SV.
Masatomo Tanaka TKS PntMasatomo TanakaDeveloper, TKS Pnt
Masatomo Tanaka has over 15 years of experience in web and app development. With his extensive technical experience, Masatomo is planning to develop a blockchain service.
JudgesDonny Deutsch Former CEO and Chairman Deutsch Inc.Donny DeutschFormer CEO and Chairman of Deutsch Inc.
Donny Deutsch, former CEO and Chairman of Deutsch Inc., is one of the most prominent media and business voices, innovative political analysts, and leading branding mavens of our time.
Donny built the multi-billion-dollar ad agency through mastering the power of strategic branding, and when he sold the company to the Interpublic Group of Companies so began his expansion from business into media. Currently, he hosts the popular podcast, On Brand with Donny Deutsch that breaks down the biggest celebrity, corporate and cultural brands of the moment to examine where current events, politics, and pop culture converge.
Over the course of a career spanning decades, Donny has become a familiar, outspoken political analyst on MSNBC, regularly appearing on some of the cable news network’s most popular shows, Morning Joe and Deadline: White House. He previously hosted the long running CNBC talk show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. In 2019, Donny wrapped serving as host on MSNBC’s hit summer show, Saturday Night Politics, closing out the season as the highest-rated Saturday evening show in MSNBC history. The show attracted loyal viewers with Donny’s hard-hitting yet entertaining personality, and atypical approach to breaking down the week’s biggest political news stories.
As a thought leader across industries, Donny has also penned two business motivation books, Often Wrong, Never in Doubt and THE BIG IDEA: How to Make Your Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True from the AHA Moment to Your First Million.
Dr. Craig S. Wright Chief Scientist nChainPaul Rajchgod Managing Director of Private Equity Ayre VenturesPaul RajchgodManaging Director of Private Equity, Ayre Ventures
Paul is the Managing Director of Private Equity at Ayre Ventures, working on investments into companies building on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. Prior to that, Paul was an investment banker, working with technology companies on private financings, IPOs, and M&A transactions.
Steve Shadders CTO nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure TeamSteve ShaddersCTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Team
Steve Shadders has been involved in Bitcoin infrastructure since early 2011. As one of the first authors of open-source mining pool software “PoolServerJ,” he was at the forefront of implementing new features like merged mining and local coinbase generation that are in common use today.Steve was actively involved in Mike Hearn’s Bitcoin project as one of the earliest contributors and still uses it today as his staple Bitcoin library. Today, Steve heads up nChain’s engineering team and is the Technical Director of the Bitcoin SV Node project. He is passionate about the future role of Bitcoin in reshaping the world. In his own words, it is disruptive technology with “more potential to change the world than the printing press.” In his role, he contributes his ecosystem-wide perspective to support building the mining and UX infrastructure needed to enable Satoshi’s Vision to be realized.
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16:20 - 16:50 ESTBSV Hackathon - Judges’ Discussion: How to Build Real Value with Blockchain ProjectsGeneralModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsDonny Deutsch - Former CEO and Chairman, Deutsch Inc.Dr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChainPaul Rajchgod - Managing Director of Private Equity, Ayre VenturesSteve Shadders - CTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Team10/05/2021 4:20 PM Europe/Zurich 10/05/2021 4:50 PM CGC ZURICH: BSV Hackathon - Judges’ Discussion: How to Build Real Value with Blockchain ProjectsBSV Hackathon - Judges’ Discussion: How to Build Real Value with Blockchain Projects=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0ADonny Deutsch - Former CEO and Chairman, Deutsch Inc.=0D=0ADr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChain=0D=0APaul Rajchgod - Managing Director of Private Equity, Ayre Ventures=0D=0ASteve Shadders - CTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Teamhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsDonny Deutsch Former CEO and Chairman Deutsch Inc.Donny DeutschFormer CEO and Chairman of Deutsch Inc.
Donny Deutsch, former CEO and Chairman of Deutsch Inc., is one of the most prominent media and business voices, innovative political analysts, and leading branding mavens of our time.
Donny built the multi-billion-dollar ad agency through mastering the power of strategic branding, and when he sold the company to the Interpublic Group of Companies so began his expansion from business into media. Currently, he hosts the popular podcast, On Brand with Donny Deutsch that breaks down the biggest celebrity, corporate and cultural brands of the moment to examine where current events, politics, and pop culture converge.
Over the course of a career spanning decades, Donny has become a familiar, outspoken political analyst on MSNBC, regularly appearing on some of the cable news network’s most popular shows, Morning Joe and Deadline: White House. He previously hosted the long running CNBC talk show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. In 2019, Donny wrapped serving as host on MSNBC’s hit summer show, Saturday Night Politics, closing out the season as the highest-rated Saturday evening show in MSNBC history. The show attracted loyal viewers with Donny’s hard-hitting yet entertaining personality, and atypical approach to breaking down the week’s biggest political news stories.
As a thought leader across industries, Donny has also penned two business motivation books, Often Wrong, Never in Doubt and THE BIG IDEA: How to Make Your Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True from the AHA Moment to Your First Million.
Dr. Craig S. Wright Chief Scientist nChainPaul Rajchgod Managing Director of Private Equity Ayre VenturesPaul RajchgodManaging Director of Private Equity, Ayre Ventures
Paul is the Managing Director of Private Equity at Ayre Ventures, working on investments into companies building on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. Prior to that, Paul was an investment banker, working with technology companies on private financings, IPOs, and M&A transactions.
Steve Shadders CTO nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure TeamSteve ShaddersCTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Team
Steve Shadders has been involved in Bitcoin infrastructure since early 2011. As one of the first authors of open-source mining pool software “PoolServerJ,” he was at the forefront of implementing new features like merged mining and local coinbase generation that are in common use today.Steve was actively involved in Mike Hearn’s Bitcoin project as one of the earliest contributors and still uses it today as his staple Bitcoin library. Today, Steve heads up nChain’s engineering team and is the Technical Director of the Bitcoin SV Node project. He is passionate about the future role of Bitcoin in reshaping the world. In his own words, it is disruptive technology with “more potential to change the world than the printing press.” In his role, he contributes his ecosystem-wide perspective to support building the mining and UX infrastructure needed to enable Satoshi’s Vision to be realized.
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16:50 - 17:10 ESTKEYNOTE SPEECH: Time is a Personal ExperienceGeneralSpeakerDr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChainSpeakerDr. Craig S. Wright Chief Scientist nChain
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17:10 - 17:50 ESTBlockchain: The Future of Technology Building on Achievements of the PastInformation TechnologyModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistIan Grigg - Financial Cryptographer,Stuart Haber - Principal, Stuart Haber Crypto, LLCW. Scott Stornetta, Ph.D. - Partner, Yugen PartnersDr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChain10/05/2021 5:10 PM Europe/Zurich 10/05/2021 5:50 PM CGC ZURICH: Blockchain: The Future of Technology Building on Achievements of the PastBlockchain: The Future of Technology Building on Achievements of the Past=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0AIan Grigg - Financial Cryptographer, =0D=0AStuart Haber - Principal, Stuart Haber Crypto, LLC=0D=0AW. Scott Stornetta, Ph.D. - Partner, Yugen Partners=0D=0ADr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChainhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistIan Grigg Financial CryptographerIan GriggFinancial cryptographer
Ian Grigg has some 24 years in the field, having built the first digital cash and digital assets exchange back in 1995-1996. He invented the Ricardian Contract to describe any form of digital asset where claims were made about the instrument, and triple entry accounting which is the conceptual notion of cryptographically sealed transaction records shared between sender, recipient and an independent third party (e.g., blockchain).
Ian has spent the last decade working with identity, and has worked with R3 and block.one.
Stuart Haber Principal Stuart Haber Crypto, LLCStuart HaberPrincipal, Stuart Haber Crypto, LLC
As a young cryptographer at Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), in 1990 Stuart Haber co-invented the blockchain technique for ensuring the integrity of digital records. He was co-founder with Scott Stornetta of Surety, spun off from Bellcore to offer digital time-stamping services—the first commercial deployment of a blockchain, beginning in 1995.
Haber's work has bridged pure research and practical cybersecurity over the course of a 30-year career spent both at large established companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Labs and Bellcore, as well as at startups such as InterTrust and Surety. Haber served on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) from 2004 through 2011.
Haber received his B.A. from Harvard University and his M.S. from Stanford University, both in mathematics, and his Ph.D. in computer science from Columbia University. He has lectured, published, and received patents on several practical and theoretical aspects of cryptography and computer security, on algorithms, on the theory of computing, and in electrical engineering. In addition to his continued work on blockchain techniques, Haber's research has included multi-party computation, redactable digital signatures, and CAPTCHA-based authentication techniques. His Erdös number is 2.
Before devoting himself to cryptography, Haber spent a couple of years living in Paris, studying mathematics at the École Normale Supérieure and working as a professional juggler.W. Scott Stornetta, Ph.D. Partner Yugen PartnersW. Scott Stornetta, Ph.D.Partner, Yugen Partners
Dr. Stornetta is considered by many to be the co-inventor of the blockchain. Dating back to 1991, his pioneering series of papers and patents, written with co-author Dr. Stuart Haber at Bell Communications Research, received the 1992 Discover Award for Computer Software. This work laid the foundation for Bitcoin and other digital currencies. (For example, of the eight citations in the original Bitcoin white paper, three reference his and Dr. Haber’s work.)
Along with Dr. Haber, Stornetta co-founded Surety Technologies, a Bellcore spinoff. Surety’s offering constituted the first commercial deployment of a blockchain. He subsequently returned to Bellcore where he served as Assistant General Manager of the 125-person Mathematical and Computer Sciences Laboratory.
Dr. Stornetta consulted for many years, evaluating the commercial potential of emerging technologies on behalf of universities, commercial research labs, and venture capital interests. He is currently a partner at Yugen Partners, a blockchain and AI-focused venture capital firm, and serves on various boards. He also consults for governments on blockchain policy, is a frequent lecturer at universities, and serves as a fellow at the Creative Destruction Lab associated with the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto.
Dr. Stornetta received his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University, after attending MIT, Harvard, and Brigham Young University.Dr. Craig S. Wright Chief Scientist nChain -
17:50 - 17:55 ESTDay 1: Wrap-Up TimeGeneralSpeakerJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationSpeakerJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
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09:00 ESTSpeakerJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
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09:05 - 09:35 ESTBetter Bitcoin Wallets for Consumers & BusinessMarketing TechnologyModeratorPatrick Thompson - Associate Editor, North America CoinGeekPanelistsAlex Agut - CEO, HandCashLorien Gamaroff - Co-Founder & CEO, CentbeeBrendan Lee - Founder & CEO, Elas Digital10/06/2021 09:05 AM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 09:35 AM CGC ZURICH: Better Bitcoin Wallets for Consumers & BusinessBetter Bitcoin Wallets for Consumers & Business=0D=0APatrick Thompson - Associate Editor, North America CoinGeek=0D=0AAlex Agut - CEO, HandCash=0D=0ALorien Gamaroff - Co-Founder & CEO, Centbee=0D=0ABrendan Lee - Founder & CEO, Elas Digitalhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorPatrick Thompson Associate Editor North America CoinGeekPatrick Thompson
Associate Editor - North America, CoinGeek
Patrick Thompson has reported on the blockchain and digital currency space since August 2015, and is currently CoinGeek’s Associated Editor for North America and host of the More Than Money show. He studied financial economics at Rutgers University and found the intersection between digital assets and the traditional financial system innovative yet untapped at the time.
Patrick has primarily been involved in the media, education, and marketing side of the blockchain and digital currency space, but recently created the very first decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) on the BSV blockchain—Gorilla DAO—to harness the power of the world’s most scalable blockchain to create goods, services, software, and opportunities for individuals around the globe.
PanelistsAlex Agut CEO HandCashAlex AgutCEO, HandCash
Alex is a product designer and marketer. His passion is making new technologies accessible to everybody by creating amazing products that people love.
Lorien Gamaroff Co-Founder & CEO CentbeeLorien GamaroffCo-Founder & CEO, Centbee
Lorien Gamaroff is the Founder and CEO of Bankymoon, a blockchain and cryptocurrency consultancy, and Co-Founder and CEO of Centbee, a cryptocurrency payments and remittance company. He also serves as a Bitcoin Association ambassador.
As Africa's foremost blockchain expert, Lorien has been invited around the world to speak on digital/cryptocurrencies and decentralized/distributed ledgers and their benefits for emerging economies. He has addressed and advised the United Nations, IMF, World Bank, FBI and Commonwealth Secretariat, the South African Reserve Bank, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, TEDx, and a host of professionals in multiple industries and attorneys general throughout the world. He offers insight and guidance to universities, business executives and advises governments on blockchain technologies and their implications.
He pioneered blockchain payments for utility smart metering and was the co-founder of the Blockchain Academy which educates professionals on all aspects of blockchains from regulations to software development.
Brendan Lee Founder & CEO Elas DigitalBrendan LeeFounder & CEO, Elas
Brendan Lee is the Founder and CEO of Elas, a company built to leverage the superpowers of Bitcoin to create the world’s fastest financial and administrative services. His goal is to engage with government and enterprise clients to see Bitcoin being used as a foundational layer for next generation technologies that can bring humanity forward into the future.
Brendan is also Training and Development Manager at Bitcoin Association where he works with the team building the Bitcoin SV Academy.
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09:35 - 09:50 ESTRelysia: Enterprise Wallet Solutions for BitcoinMarketing TechnologySpeakerRobin Kohze - Co-Founder & CEO, Vaionex CorporationDaniel Lipshitz - CEO, Gap60010/06/2021 09:35 AM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 09:50 AM CGC ZURICH: Relysia: Enterprise Wallet Solutions for BitcoinRelysia: Enterprise Wallet Solutions for Bitcoin=0D=0ARobin Kohze - Co-Founder & CEO, Vaionex Corporation=0D=0ADaniel Lipshitz - CEO, Gap600https://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakerRobin Kohze Co-Founder & CEO Vaionex CorporationRobin Kohze
Co-Founder & CEO, Vaionex Corporation
Robin is a PhD student of the University of Cambridge, Founding President of the Cambridge Metanet Society, and CEO of the Vaionex Corporation, which has released various BSV platforms such as Satolearn, Metashard, Raspora, BSVdevelopers and Block-Codes.
Vaionex is currently creating various STAS tokens solutions on the BSV blockchain, including but not limited to wallets and exchanges and offers consulting and application development services.
Daniel Lipshitz CEO Gap600Daniel LipshitzCEO, GAP600
Daniel Lipshitz is the founder and CEO of GAP600, a company that facilitates instant, Bitcoin payments and deposits, based on proprietary technology. GAP600 financially guarantees zero confirmed transactions.
With a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics, Daniel worked for Bank Leumi in London and Deloitte’s in Israel, before being pulled by the entrepreneurial spirit into the technology world. Daniel says it was Bitcoin that brought him back to the study of economics, specifically an interest in Austrian economics. And the synergy between tech and economics led to the formation of GAP600. In Daniel’s view, Bitcoin SV has the most compelling option to reach mass adoption and enable vast economic progression on a global scale. -
09:50 - 10:10 ESTRelica: Be On the Map with the BSV BlockchainMarketing TechnologyDaniel Street - Co-founder & CEO, RelicaJeremy Street - Co-founder & CTO, Relica10/06/2021 09:50 AM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 10:10 AM CGC ZURICH: Relica: Be On the Map with the BSV BlockchainRelica: Be On the Map with the BSV Blockchain=0D=0ADaniel Street - Co-founder & CEO, Relica=0D=0AJeremy Street - Co-founder & CTO, Relicahttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakersDaniel Street Co-founder & CEO RelicaDaniel Street
Co-founder & CEO, Relica
Daniel is the creative, visionary force behind Relica – a photo sharing application built utilizing the Bitcoin SV network, allowing users to generate micropayments when others interact with their content. Having only discovered the true power of Bitcoin SV in 2019, he was committed to develop an enterprise grade application on this newfound network. Prior to Relica, Daniel worked as a Commercial Leasing Agent for 5 years in the property industry.
Jeremy Street Co-founder & CTO RelicaJeremy StreetCo-founder & CTO, Relica
Jeremy is a software engineer with over 14 years’ professional experience across a variety of sectors including finance, gaming, telecommunications and defense. His primary area of expertise is server-side development for high availability systems at scale, specializing in Java.His passion for Bitcoin began upon discovering the technology in 2012.
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10:10 - 10:25 ESTMetaID on BSV: One Blockchain, One IDBusiness and TechnologySpeakerSunny Fung - Co-initiator MetaID, Founder, ShowPaySpeakerSunny Fung Co-initiator MetaID Founder, ShowPaySunny Fung
Co-Initiator, MetaID | Founder, ShowPay
Sunny Fung is one of the initiators of MetaID, as well as the founder and CEO of ShowPay Limited. He and his team have dedicated themselves to developing MetaID infrastructures and applications for years, aiming to popularize MetaID technology to developers and users all over the world.
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10:25 - 10:55 ESTHealth Care, Life Sciences & BlockchainHealth CareModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsSteve Lawrence - CEO, EHR DataPhillip Runyan - Managing Partner, VeridatZachary Weiner - Founder, VXPass.comKip Wolf - Head of Technical Ops. & Portfolio Mngmt., X-Vax Technology, Inc.10/06/2021 10:25 AM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 10:55 AM CGC ZURICH: Health Care, Life Sciences & BlockchainHealth Care, Life Sciences & Blockchain=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0ASteve Lawrence - CEO, EHR Data=0D=0APhillip Runyan - Managing Partner, Veridat=0D=0AZachary Weiner - Founder, VXPass.com=0D=0AKip Wolf - Head of Technical Ops. & Portfolio Mngmt., X-Vax Technology, Inc.https://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsSteve Lawrence CEO EHR DataSteve LawrenceCEO, EHR Data
Steve Lawrence is a proven business leader with more than 25 years of experience at the intersection of healthcare, data, and technology. An entrepreneur at heart with a passion for building strong teams, Steve has built multiple companies from concept to market adoption to successful exits. Steve’s career demonstrates his belief in the importance of simplifying the role of providers so they can spend more time with their patients.
As CEO of EHR Data, Steve provides overall corporate leadership and vision for this new healthcare startup focused on transforming the way data is used and shared to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce costs.
Prior to joining EHR Data, he held numerous senior leadership positions at Cardinal Health including leading the Pharmaceutical Distribution Segment Marketing organization, running Medicine Shoppe International, leading multiple market segment sales teams, and managing teams up to 1,200 people. Steve was instrumental in several $1B+ acquisitions to help grow his market segment to over $25B in sales.
Steve first joined Cardinal Health when they acquired RenLar Systems, a successful pharmacy management system company that he helped start. Under the Cardinal umbrella, he created ScriptLine, a company that collected real time prescription data from over 15,000 pharmacies and provided longitudinal studies to pharmaceutical manufacturers. ScriptLine was spun out of Cardinal Health as a new company, Arclight Systems which was ultimately sold to NDC Health Data Systems.
Phillip Runyan Managing Partner VeridatPhillip RunyanManaging Partner, Veridat
Hailing from the Silicon Prairie, Phillip Runyan is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Veridat, a SaaS developer building a suite of services for strengthening research integrity and transparency during the drug development process. Phillip is also the founder and CEO of Hold Gaming, a mobile content and platform development company combining mobile gaming, casino content, and eSports.Dissatisfied after a decade of growth and innovation in the social casino market, Phillip and his team launched their first title in 2019—expanding the footprint from four to 36 U.S. states where casino content could be competitively played for cash prizes. Concerned by questions of trust in the customer service queue, Phillip set out to find the right blockchain solution which had to be cost effective, fast, and scalable—in 2020 the team committed to BSV, the only public blockchain to offer all three.
Zachary Weiner Founder VXPass.comZachary WeinerFounder, VXPASS
Zack Weiner is the founder of VXPASS, a digital vaccination verification and administration platform built on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. He and his impressive team of PHDs, medical professionals and business leaders are currently working with the many countries across Africa and Oceania and the United States as well as providing the digital infrastructure necessary to manage the administration, record keeping, validation and verification of vaccines in these regions, and many more forthcoming.
Zack has 15 years of software development in a variety of industries: including the last 4 years developing and achieving actionable results in the blockchain sector, and more specifically with the BSV space. From his start on his own in high frequency trading, with an impressive exit, to his time with CITRIX and Price Waterhouse Cooper including the complex world of GAAP, the lessons learned have been many, which is why he had the foresight and knowledge base to bring VXPASS to light.Kip Wolf Head of Technical Ops. & Portfolio Mngmt. X-Vax Technology, Inc.Kip WolfHead of Technical Operations & Portfolio Management, X-Vax Technology, Inc.
Kip Wolf is Head of Technical Operations and Portfolio Management at X-Vax Technology, Inc. His technical experience includes the fields of quality assurance and regulatory affairs, GMP and IT compliance, technical operations, and product supply. His areas of leadership expertise include business transformation, new business development, organizational change leadership, as well as program and project management.
Kip has more than 25 years of experience as a management consultant, during which time he also led business process management groups at Wyeth Manufacturing and at Merck Research & Development. Prior to joining X-Vax, Kip supported the company as a principal consultant at Tunnell Life Sciences Consulting, where for over five years, he led the data integrity practice and consulted, taught, spoke and published regularly on topics of data integrity and quality systems.
Kip completed graduate studies in Drug Development at Temple University and holds an undergraduate degree in Management of Information Systems and an MBA from Eastern University. He can be reached at [email protected].
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11:15 - 11:30 ESTA Way with Words: NFTs with Cash Flow(s)?Business and TechnologySpeakerJohn “Jack” Pitts - Co-Founder, SLictionary.comSpeakerJohn “Jack” Pitts Co-Founder SLictionary.comJohn “Jack” Pitts
Co-Founder, SLictionary.com
John Pitts and John DiFelice founded SLictionary, a groundbreaking micropayments-incentivized dictionary which pays its creative contributors, or "WordSmiths," 70% of seek fees in perpetuity. In 2021, SLictionary will introduce one of the most revolutionary NFTs in the world—which can not only earn their owners cash-flows but also serve as micro-investments. Micro-investing is a brand new concept never before possible until BitCoin's enabling of micropayments via fractions-of-a-penny transaction fees.
SLictionary also dynamically improves with every interaction, as knowledge-seekers pay a penny per searched word—also earning the right to vote for the best content, thereby pushing the most effective definitions to the top algorithmically. SL stands for Self Learning—human-guided algorithmic PSO machine learning similar to Waymo. SLictionary is inspired by John Walker's (of AutoCAD) "ANIMAL"—a text-based game on Apple II from the late 1970s. www.SLictionary.com is an information marketplace and the first product from Structured Linguistics Co.
John's background is 22 years of professional technology equity research, including a decade during which he helped take a small hedge fund from < $20mm to > $1 billion AUM with large investments in Apple, Paypal, Expedia, Blackberry & Google. He's a former nuclear engineer and US Navy fast-attack Submarine Officer with bachelors in Applied Math and Physics.
You can catch his "Diamonds in the Rough" investment podcasts with entrepreneur Len Mazur on Streamanity.com, and read his BSV research as "@EquityDiamonds" on Medium, Powping and Twitter. -
11:30 - 12:10 ESTThe New World of NFTsGeneralModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsEric Bernhard - General Manager, Fabriik Digital ObjectsRory MacDonald - Mixed Martial Artist, Professional Fighters LeagueFrancesco Morello - Founder, BullishArtShawn Ryan - Co-Founder & CEO, SmartLedgerVictor Tang - CTO, NiftyCo10/06/2021 11:30 AM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 12:10 PM CGC ZURICH:=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0AEric Bernhard - General Manager, Fabriik Digital Objects=0D=0ARory MacDonald - Mixed Martial Artist, Professional Fighters League=0D=0AFrancesco Morello - Founder, BullishArt=0D=0AShawn Ryan - Co-Founder & CEO, SmartLedger=0D=0AVictor Tang - CTO, NiftyCohttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsEric Bernhard General Manager Fabriik Digital ObjectsEric BernhardGeneral Manager, Fabriik Digital Objects
Eric is a senior-level leader with significant experience establishing and setting up teams to thrive in a variety of work environments, with responsibility for budgets up to $8M. He believes that data is the heart of marketing, and people are the soul. He blends customer desires and corporate goals into a symbiotic system that creates value for and between both.
Eric has experience leading teams in the competitive UK retail landscape, especially during Brexit, as well as in Canadian retail and investment management. Eric joined Fabriik as VP of Customer before more recently taking the lead on its Tokenization product and the development of Fabriik’s new Digital Objects.
Rory MacDonald Mixed Martial Artist Professional Fighters LeagueRory MacDonaldMixed martial artist, Professional Fighters League
Rory MacDonald is a Canadian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Professional Fighters League (PFL), signing with them in one of the biggest free agency signings in the sport’s history.
Prior to signing with the PFL, Rory competed for Bellator MMA, where he was the former Bellator Welterweight World Champion. Having been a professional competitor since 2005, he is also a former top contender in the UFC. There, he challenged then-champion Robbie Lawler for the UFC Welterweight Championship at UFC 189 in a bout that’s still widely considered one of, if not, the greatest fights in the history of the sport.
Francesco Morello Founder BullishArtFrancesco MorelloFounder, BullishArt
Francesco is the founder of BullishArt, a curated NFT gallery that aims to bring NFTs and related services to artists without knowledge of blockchain.
He also serves as Bitcoin Association’s Ambassador for the Italian community, helping to promote BSV education to Italian speaking people globally.Shawn Ryan Co-Founder & CEO SmartLedgerShawn RyanCo-Founder & CEO, SmartLedger
A recognized veteran of the technology sales and distribution industry, Shawn is known for advising companies and boards on large-scale, mission-critical technology projects. Respected as a credible voice in decision making, developing trusted partnerships, and driving transformation throughout an entire organization, Shawn helps others extend their thinking and drive material business advantages.
Victor Tang CTO NiftyCoVictor TangCTO, NiftyCo
Victor heads development and design at NiftyCo, democratizing NFTs on the BSV chain in a way that allows artists and art lovers to create, exchange and control access to their artwork safely and securely with minimal barriers to entry.
A veteran with over 20 years in technology, Victor brings a diverse background in ecommerce, ERP, enterprise messaging and business intelligence, developing everything from mobile apps on low availability networks to voice recognition server apps. -
12:10 - 12:40 ESTLicensing IP for NFTs: Graphic Novels, Comic Books & BrandsBusiness and TechnologyModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsJoe Brusha - CEO, Zenescope EntertainmentAdam Kling - Founder & CEO, FYX Gaming, Inc.Gary Ma - COO, Epik10/06/2021 12:10 PM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 12:40 PM CGC ZURICH: Licensing IP for NFTs: Graphic Novels, Comic Books & BrandsLicensing IP for NFTs: Graphic Novels, Comic Books & Brands=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0AJoe Brusha - CEO, Zenescope Entertainment=0D=0AAdam Kling - Founder & CEO, FYX Gaming, Inc.=0D=0AGary Ma - COO, Epikhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsJoe Brusha CEO Zenescope EntertainmentJoe BrushaCEO, Zenescope Entertainment
Joe Brusha was born just outside of Philadelphia, in Abington, PA, and he still resides there with his wife and four children. Brusha spent his early professional career in sales selling such things like computer chips and sporting goods. While working in sales, Joe concentrated on his true passion, writing screenplays and short stories, in his spare time.
An avid comic fan as a teenager, he rediscovered the medium as an adult and realized it could provide an outlet for his creative energies. Teaming with his longtime friend and occasional writing partner Ralph Tedesco, the two partners launched Zenescope Entertainment in 2005. Since then, he has written hundreds of comic series including Grimm Fairy Tales, Neverland, Paradise Court and Man-Goat and the Bunnyman.Adam Kling Founder & CEO FYX Gaming, Inc.Adam KlingFounder & CEO, FYX Gaming, Inc.
Adam is an entrepreneur with over 20 years of doing successful projects within the performance marketing industry. Impressed with bitcoin's dominance of 2013's headlines, he has been following the development of blockchain technologies ever since and trying to find that perfect fit of technology and market fit. Combining competitive gaming & bitcoin opens up new worlds that he intends to take on with a passion.
Gary Ma COO EpikGary MaCOO, Epik
Gary Ma has more than 16 years’ experience operating globally across multiple different industries, launching businesses in live music entertainment, ecommerce, gaming and blockchain. He started with crypto world in 2013.
Prior to Epik, Gary has worked with some of the biggest brands and celebrity artists, producing large scale Ultra Music style concerts across the world. And now at Epik, he works with the biggest brands and IP to create premium digital merchandise and NFTs. -
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13:35 - 13:55 ESTRe-Invent the Music Industry with BSV BlockchainGeneralShem Booth-Spain - Co-Founder & CEO, Blarecast Systems Ltd.Luke Wenceslas Mayernik - Co-Founder & COO, Blarecast Systems Ltd.10/06/2021 1:35 PM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 1:55 PM CGC ZURICH: Re-Invent the Music Industry with BSV BlockchainRe-Invent the Music Industry with BSV Blockchain=0D=0AShem Booth-Spain - Co-Founder & CEO, Blarecast Systems Ltd.=0D=0ALuke Wenceslas Mayernik - Co-Founder & COO, Blarecast Systems Ltd.https://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakersShem Booth-Spain Co-Founder & CEO Blarecast Systems Ltd.Shem Booth-Spain
Co-Founder & CEO, Blarecast Systems Ltd
Shem Booth-Spain is a versatile and seasoned artist, musician, sound designer, and marketing/media expert with over 12 years’ experience with a range of national & regional clients such as FMGC brands, automotive, pharmaceutical, government, educational, and charitable sectors.As the founder of The BitcoinSV Channel—a Bitcoin and blockchain-based radio show focused on the technical aspects, enterprise capabilities, and the economic benefits of Bitcoin—Shem is dedicated to educating the world about the freedom Bitcoin can bring to both individuals and businesses alike.
Shem is a co-founder and the CEO of Blarecast Systems, Ltd.—an emerging tech startup company focused on empowering artists and content creators to own and monetize their data and intellectual property through simple and elegant solutions that harness the power of Bitcoin.
Luke Wenceslas Mayernik Co-Founder & COO Blarecast Systems Ltd.Luke Wenceslas MayernikCo-Founder & COO, Blarecast Systems Ltd.
Luke Wenceslas Mayernik is an award-winning composer, organist, pianist, harpsichordist, improviser, music theorist, inventor, and collaborative artist, earning the M.M. in Composition from The San Francisco Conservatory of Music with the highest honors (May 2017). Luke has won several international first prizes in improvisation and composition respectively and was also awarded the prestigious title of Associate by the American Guild of Organists.
A passionate teacher and mentor, Luke has presented masterclasses and lecture-recitals in interpretation, improvisation, and composition at [inter]national universities and conventions. With a growing catalog of both sacred, secular, and concert works, Luke’s original compositions are published with E.C. Schirmer, Hal Leonard, Walton Music, Graphite Publishing, and many others. Awarded a full scholarship and a teaching position in composition/music theory, Luke was also a doctoral student at The University of Texas at Austin.Luke is a co-founder and the COO of Blarecast Systems, Ltd.—an emerging tech startup company focused on empowering artists and content creators to own and monetize their data and intellectual property through simple and elegant solutions that harness the power of Bitcoin.
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13:55 - 14:10 ESTThe Path to BitCoin Adoption: How to Turn the Entire Web into Bitcoin AppsBusiness and TechnologySpeakerJeffrey Baek - Co-Founder, Peer company10/06/2021 1:55 PM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 2:10 PM CGC ZURICH: The Path to BitCoin Adoption: How to Turn the Entire Web into Bitcoin AppsThe Path to BitCoin Adoption: How to Turn the Entire Web into Bitcoin Apps=0D=0AJeffrey Baek - Co-Founder, Peer companyhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakerJeffrey Baek Co-Founder Peer companyJeffrey Baek
Co-Founder, Peer company
Jeffery Baek has been involved with the blockchain industry since 2013 to work and found various companies, such as Coinplug, Fenbushi Capital, R3, and Deconomy.
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14:10 - 14:20 ESTHonā: A Social Accountability Platform Using BlockchainGeneralSpeakerGeorge Siosi Samuels - Founder, HonāSpeakerGeorge Siosi Samuels Founder HonāGeorge Siosi Samuels
Founder, Honā
George is the Managing Director of community-tech consultancy,Faiā, and founder of a blockchain-based accountability platform called Honā. Featured by the likes of Tech In Asia, Rest of World, Slack, and Adobe, he's passionate about bridging gaps between communities and technology. He was awarded an "Excellence in Finance Leaders" award at FiNext Conference Dubai 2020.Recently, he helped facilitate a deal resulting in the Government of Tuvalu adopting blockchain technology as part of its national digital transformation efforts, moving towards electronic cash and paper-less operations. With mixed cultural heritage, and a "third-cultured" upbringing, he's also had a diverse career spanning sales, marketing, business development, community management, programming, and even animation. When not building businesses or communities, George enjoys trying out new teas, playing strategy games like Weiqi (Go), and spending time with loved ones.
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14:20 - 14:35 ESTIntegrating Business Apps with BSV Blockchain: Europe's First Large-Scale AdoptionBusiness and TechnologySpeakerNiels van den Bergh - CEO, mintBlue10/06/2021 2:20 PM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 2:35 PM CGC ZURICH: Integrating Business Apps with BSV Blockchain: Europe's First Large-Scale AdoptionIntegrating Business Apps with BSV Blockchain: Europe's First Large-Scale Adoption=0D=0ANiels van den Bergh - CEO, mintBluehttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakerNiels van den Bergh CEO mintBlueNiels van den Bergh
CEO, mintBlue (previously Kyrt)
Niels is the CEO at mintBlue, an infrastructure provider that allows any company to integrate applications with the blockchain with ease.Niels came across BSV in 2017 when he did protocol research for startup innovation programs by Google Launchpad, Allianz, MAN & YUNUS Social Business. He saw the potential and was lucky enough to meet the Belgian-based blockchain development agency Ledgit. Niels' marketing experience and Ledgit's blockchain experience turned out to be the perfect mix to start a venture specialized in building the infrastructure of tomorrow.
In the past, Niels acted in various interim positions as Head of Growth and UX Designer. He mentored for Google and was a guest speaker at the University of Amsterdam on digital marketing. Niels was among the first certified growth hackers in the world.
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14:35 - 14:45 ESTSecure & Compliant Document Workflow using BlockchainGeneralSpeakerDennis Schroder - President, SeraScriptSpeakerDennis Schroder President SeraScriptDennis Schroder
President, SeraScript
Dennis has had a love for technology since he was 12 years old. He started his first information technology company in 1989 and is currently the founder and president of both SeraScriptTM and ArakÿtaTM.
SeraScriptTM is a suite of document workflow and WORM based document retention products utilizing BSV Blockchain as its verification layer. It is currently used by broker dealers and registered investment advisers (RIA) as well as for companies looking to manage a complex document workflow with verification.
Arakÿta is managed service provider that supports companies nationwide as their de facto IT department. For the past 32 years, Dennis has consulted on, designed, implemented, and maintained thousands of networks and information systems throughout the country. He is inspired by people, ideas and technology and thrives on learning new things. He’s constantly seeking ways to do things smarter, faster, better. His team’s ability to help customers troubleshoot the most complex issues, to the simplest issues, makes SeraScriptTM and ArakÿtaTM the kind of experts you want leading your technology solutions.
Dennis has been featured in several local business publications for his innovative and entrepreneurial success and community involvement. In his spare time, you can find Dennis on just about any golf course, socializing with friends and family and simply enjoying life. But one thing you will never see, is Dennis sitting still.
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14:45 - 15:05 ESTKensei: the Gateway to the Definitive BlockchainBusiness and TechnologyDominic Duffy - Director of Marketing, nChainAndy Mee - Director of Product & Solution Strategy, nChain10/06/2021 2:45 PM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 3:05 PM CGC ZURICH: Kensei: the Gateway to the Definitive BlockchainKensei: the Gateway to the Definitive Blockchain =0D=0ADominic Duffy - Director of Marketing, nChain=0D=0AAndy Mee - Director of Product & Solution Strategy, nChainhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakersDominic Duffy Director of Marketing nChainDominic Duffy
Director of Marketing, nChain
Dominic brings a wealth of experience in the fields of computer product development and marketing, most recently as Head of Strategic Marketing for Mitie, a $2bn Energy and Facilities Management company.
Dominic began his professional journey by joining Scitex, Israel’s largest technology company at the time, as Computer Engineer. After becoming European Product Manager in Brussels, he went on to join BORN Group, becoming Chief Marketing Officer.
Whilst at BORN, Dominic co-founded CEROS.com, a SaaS-based content platform, and was part of a team that spun the platform into a VC-backed company headquartered in New York, securing customers such as Gucci, Peugeot, and General Electric.Having joined nChain as Director of Marketing in 2021, Dominic is applying his knowledge and expertise taking nChain’s exciting product portfolio to market.Andy Mee Director of Product & Solution Strategy nChainAndy MeeDirector of Product & Solution Strategy, nChain
Andy is the Director of Product & Solution Strategy at nChain. He joined the firm in 2017 and has since then been the architect and creator behind nChain's technology platform Kensei.
Prior to nChain, Andy held a number of in-house and consulting roles, particularly focused on the financial services sector.
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15:05 - 15:20 ESTTAAL: Leading the Future of Blockchain Transaction ProcessingGeneralSpeakerKal Suurkask - CCO, TAAL Distributed Information Technologies10/06/2021 3:05 PM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 3:20 PM CGC ZURICH: TAAL: Leading the Future of Blockchain Transaction ProcessingTAAL: Leading the Future of Blockchain Transaction Processing=0D=0AKal Suurkask - CCO, TAAL Distributed Information Technologieshttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakerKal Suurkask CCO TAAL Distributed Information TechnologiesKal Suurkask
CCO, TAAL Distributed Information Technologies
Kal Suurkask has more than 15 years of business experience in leading organizational strategy, product sales, and operations. He has held several senior leadership roles in the technology, renewable energy, and entertainment industries. Kal most recently served as Interim CEO and Chief Operating Officer of UK-based nChain and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian-based Elevation Public Relations Corporation.
Kal has founded a number of business ventures, including a renewable energy product startup that blossomed into a multimillion-dollar international enterprise within five years. He is the founder of Big Birch Capital Corporation, a private investment company with a significant portfolio of real estate assets, including restaurants, commercial offices, and residential units across North America.
Kal also served as Communications Advisor within the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. He is an award-winning public speaker and has been featured in a number of news publications and television documentaries on various business topics. Kal holds a B.A. degree from the University of Western Ontario. In 2011-2012, Kal was selected as one of 16 emerging leaders for the prestigious Action Canada Fellowship.
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15:35 - 16:10 ESTMedia Influence: How News Reporting Affects the Digital Asset MarketGeneralModeratorAlex Speirs - Head of Communications, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsJames Bowater - Founder & Editor-at-Large, Crypto AM | City AM's Crypto InsiderJill Malandrino - Global Markets Reporter, Nasdaq, Host, Trade TalksRachel Wolfson - Reporter (Cointelegraph), Author, Public Speaker and Analyst10/06/2021 3:35 PM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 4:10 PM CGC ZURICH: Media Influence: How News Reporting Affects the Digital Asset MarketMedia Influence: How News Reporting Affects the Digital Asset Market=0D=0AAlex Speirs - Head of Communications, Bitcoin Association=0D=0AJames Bowater - Founder & Editor-at-Large, Crypto AM | City AM's Crypto Insider=0D=0AJill Malandrino - Global Markets Reporter, Nasdaq, Host, Trade Talks=0D=0ARachel Wolfson - Reporter (Cointelegraph), Author, Public Speaker and Analysthttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorAlex Speirs Head of Communications Bitcoin AssociationAlex Speirs
Head of Communications, Bitcoin Association
Alex is the Head of Communications at Bitcoin Association. He joined the blockchain space following a distinguished career in journalism, most recently serving as the Editor in Chief of GC magazine. A graduate of the University of Auckland Business School, Alex has strong groundings in finance and public policy, with a history of working for both market-leading publications and industry thinktanks.
PanelistsJames Bowater Founder & Editor-at-Large Crypto AM | City AM's Crypto InsiderJames BowaterFounder & Editor-at-Large, Crypto AM | City AM's Crypto Insider
James Bowater is the Founder and Editor-at-large of Crypto AM which launched nearly three years ago within London’s renowned financial newspaper City AM.
The plan was to help showcase new frontier technologies like AI, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, distributed ledger technology and tokenization to the traditional finance readership. Over time, this platform has broadened to include decentralised finance (DeFi), digital assets and the internet of things (IoT). James and City AM have expanded the offering as CryptoAM.io to move content online while printing presses respond to Covid-19 restrictions.
Crypto AM is far more than just a newspaper section or website. James has travelled the world meeting the industry at large and has built a global following and community with the WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal platforms as well as the large number of events pre-Covid including the highly regarded inaugural Crypto AM Awards 2020, attended by the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
James also founded the London Blockchain Forum as a UK group for all those working within the industry to meet and exchange ideas as this nascent field grows.
James is an advisor to Fintech Legal Labs powered by Ashurst (law firm), as well as a co-founder and the global ambassador for WorldMobile.io and advisor and global ambassador for BEQUANT - a Malta licensed prime brokerage.
Jill Malandrino Global Markets Reporter, Nasdaq Host, Trade TalksJill MalandrinoGlobal Markets Reporter, Nasdaq | Host, Trade Talks
As host of TradeTalks, Jill Malandrino covers the market stories that matter. In one-on-one conversations with industry experts, Jill explores the ins-and-outs of the ever-evolving investing landscape, delving deep into the markets, cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance, and trading strategies.
A veteran reporter with more than a decade of experience, Jill broadcasts live from Nasdaq MarketSite, her New Jersey home, and locations around the globe. She is a frequent guest of TD Ameritrade Network and serves as moderator and host to marquee events worldwide, including Singapore FinTech Festival, Inside ETFs and Consensus.Rachel Wolfson Reporter (Cointelegraph), Author Public Speaker and AnalystRachel WolfsonReporter (Cointelegraph), Author, Public Speaker and Analyst
Rachel Wolfson is a reporter for Cointelegraph who has been covering the blockchain and cryptocurrency space since 2017 for various publications including HuffPost, Forbes and Bitcoin Magazine. She recently published a Bitcoin ebook for beginners entitled, “Bitcoin: Down The Rabbit Hole.”
In addition to her writing, Rachel is an enterprise blockchain analyst for Quantum Economics. Rachel has also spoken at a number of blockchain and crypto events around the world in order to educate the mainstream on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
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16:10 - 16:30 ESTA Study of Bitcoin & Blockchain Energy ConsumptionEnvironmentHassan (“Hash”) Qureshi - Partner, MNPJoseph (Joe) MacCallum - Senior Consultant, Enterprise Risk Services, MNP10/06/2021 4:10 PM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 4:30 PM CGC ZURICH: A Study of Bitcoin & Blockchain Energy ConsumptionA Study of Bitcoin & Blockchain Energy Consumption=0D=0AHassan (“Hash”) Qureshi - Partner, MNP=0D=0AJoseph (Joe) MacCallum - Senior Consultant, Enterprise Risk Services, MNPhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakersHassan (“Hash”) Qureshi Partner MNPHassan (“Hash”) Qureshi
Partner, MNP
Hassan Qureshi (“Hash”), CD, CPA, CMA, CISA, P.Eng, CIA, CRMA, CRISC, CISSP, CGEIT, CDPSE, is a partner of MNP. He has over 25 years of performing internal audit and information systems/information technology audits, including a significant background in system under development audits.Hash has worked as an operational IT professional, security lead, project manager, enterprise architect and network engineer. Hassan leads a professionally diverse team of accountants, IT security professionals, engineers and finance professionals to deliver value to clients.
Project ExperienceHash has experience in Business system transformation projects on large multi-year enterprise technology implementations in private and public sector. He recently led numerous independent risk advisory engagements for large and complex ERP and HR/pay system implementations for the following:
- Government of Alberta
- Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
- Shared Services Canada (SSC)
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC)
- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
He has also recently led large data governance and data integrity engagements for data warehousing & business intelligence projects including artificial Intelligence governance & ethics, data analytics and business modelling. Hash has extensive experience working with blockchain companies, start-ups, exchanges and has worked directly with regulators such as the Office of the Privacy Commission and UK’s Information Commissioner Office (UK ICO).
Joseph (Joe) MacCallum Senior Consultant Enterprise Risk Services, MNPJoseph (Joe) MacCallumSenior Consultant, Enterprise Risk Services, MNP
Joseph (Joe) MacCallum is a Senior Consultant with an Enterprise Risk Solutions practice at MNP. In his current role, Joe has collaborated on and lead several projects relating to risk analytics, blockchain technologies, and IT audits. Prior to joining MNP Joe worked with Gray Wolf Analytics, a firm that is focused on Cryptocurrency & Blockchain risk management.
Additionally, Joe worked with MLT (“Missing Link Technologies”) as a part of their Data Analytics team.
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16:30 - 17:20 ESTHow to Achieve Green Bitcoin: Energy Consumption & Environmental SustainabilityEnvironmentModeratorSean Griffin - Director, Communications & Corporate Development, nChainPanelistsAdrian Grenier - Actor | Regional Goodwill Ambassador, North America, UN Environment ProgrammeLars Jorgensen - COO, TAAL Distributed Information TechnologiesDave Perrill - Co-Founder & CEO, Compute NorthHassan (“Hash”) Qureshi - Partner, MNPSteve Shadders - CTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure TeamDr. Dhirendra Shukla - President & Chair, Gray Wolf Analytics Inc.10/06/2021 4:30 PM Europe/Zurich 10/06/2021 5:20 PM CGC ZURICH: How to Achieve Green Bitcoin: Energy Consumption & Environmental SustainabilityHow to Achieve Green Bitcoin: Energy Consumption & Environmental Sustainability=0D=0ASean Griffin - Director, Communications & Corporate Development, nChain=0D=0AAdrian Grenier - Actor | Regional Goodwill Ambassador, North America, UN Environment Programme=0D=0ALars Jorgensen - COO, TAAL Distributed Information Technologies=0D=0ADave Perrill - Co-Founder & CEO, Compute North=0D=0AHassan (“Hash”) Qureshi - Partner, MNP=0D=0ASteve Shadders - CTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Team =0D=0ADr. Dhirendra Shukla - President & Chair, Gray Wolf Analytics Inc.https://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorSean Griffin Director, Communications & Corporate Development nChainSean Griffin
Director, Communications & Corporate Development, nChain
Sean Griffin joined nChain in 2021 as Director, Communications and Corporate Development. He brings more than 15 years of experience providing reputational risk assessments, developing strategic messaging, and executing communication for over £10 billion in investments, projects, M&A, and financings.
Prior to joining nChain, Sean held roles as the global lead for corporate communications at two publicly traded companies headquartered in Canada. In both these roles, his responsibilities included all corporate and financial communications activities, as well as sustainability reporting and ESG strategies.
Before joining the private sector, Sean worked in senior advisory roles within the Government of Canada. He has focused his career on highly regulated industries, including cannabis, metals and mining, international development, and military procurement.
Sean has a Bachelor of Applied Economics, a Master of Corporate and Marketing Communication, and holds a Fundamentals in Sustainability Accounting Credential.PanelistsAdrian Grenier Actor | Regional Goodwill Ambassador North America, UN Environment ProgrammeAdrian GrenierActor | Regional Goodwill Ambassador - North America, UN Environment Programme
With a strong creative sensibility that has driven his personal evolution as an actor, filmmaker, musician, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Adrian Grenier is as passionate about embodying compelling characters as he is about developing successful business ventures and leading a global evolutionary shift: a campaign for environmentally conscious living.
In front of the camera, the versatile Grenier is best-known for his starring role as Vincent Chase on Entourage, one of HBO’s most popular half-hour series in the network’s history, which ran for eight seasons and has been syndicated in nearly two dozen markets worldwide. The much anticipated Warner Bros. film version of Entourage, written and directed by series creator Doug Ellin, was released in 2015.
Grenier recently starred in two films; the independent feature Trash Fire, a comedy take on psychological thrillers, focusing on a man forced to confront his past when he and his girlfriend end up entangled in a web of lies, deceit and murder, and Marauders, alongside Bruce Willis and Christopher Meloni, a thriller about an FBI agent who is on the trail of bank robbers who give the stolen loot to charity. As he delves further into the investigation, the lawman discovers the trail of secrets that a bank’s owner (Willis) has protected. He was most recently seen in the political thriller Affairs of State and will next be seen in Stage Mother alongside Lucy Liu, which is set in the drag queen world of San Francisco, as well as executive producing the documentary Youth Unstoppable, which will follow the youth environmental movement.
Along with memorable roles opposite Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada and in the romantic comedy Drive Me Crazy, his other credits include the Woody Allen films Celebrity and Anything Else, the indie film Goodbye World, the John Waters comedy Cecil B. Demented and the Sundance Film Festival-nominated The Adventures of Sebastian Cole.
Founder of Reckless Productions, Grenier has also brought his keen eye and love of storytelling to the production of documentaries: as producer and director of Shot in the Dark (2002), writer, producer, and director of the critically acclaimed Teenage Paparazzo (2010), producer of Don’t Quit Your Daydream (2010) and executive producer of How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012), in addition to a variety of short films. Grenier is co-producer of the documentary, 52, which chronicles the search for the “loneliest whale in the world.”
Beyond his career as a respected actor and filmmaker, Grenier is a musician and founder of Wreckroom Records, a music incubator for emerging artists that has aided and promoted dozens of rising young performers and bands. An investor and advisor to emerging technology ventures, he is also a passionate environmentalist who actively supports organizations focusing on habit-changing education.
In 2015, Grenier co-founded Lonely Whale Foundation. Dedicated to bringing people closer to the world’s ocean through education and awareness, the foundation aims to inspire empathy for marine life and action for ocean health. On World Environment Day, June 2017, Grenier was appointed a UN Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador through which he advocates for a collaborative approach to address our environmental issues.
Lars Jorgensen COO TAAL Distributed Information TechnologiesLars JorgensenCOO, TAAL Distributed Information Technologies
Lars Jorgensen is a highly qualified executive with experience in building, developing and managing high-performing teams, including in the fintech sector and the digital currency and blockchain space.
Based in Switzerland, Lars has taken on increasingly senior roles, designing and implementing business strategies, plans and procedures and including comprehensive goal setting for performance and organizational growth. Lars spent 10 years as COO and Deputy General Manager and Executive Board member in a private bank in Switzerland and held the CFO and head of investment fund administration positions in a private bank in Luxembourg with more than 160 employees.
Dave Perrill Co-Founder & CEO Compute NorthDave PerrillCo-Founder & CEO, Compute North
A 25-year veteran of the IT and information security industry, Dave Perrill has been keenly immersed in the digital currency mining industry and blockchain technology since its formative days. He founded and subsequently sold two technology companies, including internet service provider and managed security provider SecureConnect, which was acquired by Trustwave Holdings in 2012.
Dave also served as CEO of Wand Corporation, a leading point-of-sale and Digital Menu board provider to the Quick Service Restaurant industry. Dave has extensive experience in networking, data center engineering, scaling large IT systems, and security. He holds a BS in Management Information Systems and an MBA in Finance from the University of Minnesota.
Dave has been a member of YPO (Young Presidents Organization) since 2015 as part of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, Minnesota) chapter.
Hassan (“Hash”) Qureshi Partner MNPHassan (“Hash”) QureshiPartner, MNP
Hassan Qureshi (“Hash”), CD, CPA, CMA, CISA, P.Eng, CIA, CRMA, CRISC, CISSP, CGEIT, CDPSE, is a partner of MNP. He has over 25 years of performing internal audit and information systems/information technology audits, including a significant background in system under development audits.Hash has worked as an operational IT professional, security lead, project manager, enterprise architect and network engineer. Hassan leads a professionally diverse team of accountants, IT security professionals, engineers and finance professionals to deliver value to clients.
Project ExperienceHash has experience in Business system transformation projects on large multi-year enterprise technology implementations in private and public sector. He recently led numerous independent risk advisory engagements for large and complex ERP and HR/pay system implementations for the following:
- Government of Alberta
- Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
- Shared Services Canada (SSC)
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC)
- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
He has also recently led large data governance and data integrity engagements for data warehousing & business intelligence projects including artificial Intelligence governance & ethics, data analytics and business modelling. Hash has extensive experience working with blockchain companies, start-ups, exchanges and has worked directly with regulators such as the Office of the Privacy Commission and UK’s Information Commissioner Office (UK ICO).
Steve Shadders CTO nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure TeamSteve ShaddersCTO, nChain | Technical Director, Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Team
Steve Shadders has been involved in Bitcoin infrastructure since early 2011. As one of the first authors of open-source mining pool software “PoolServerJ,” he was at the forefront of implementing new features like merged mining and local coinbase generation that are in common use today.Steve was actively involved in Mike Hearn’s Bitcoin project as one of the earliest contributors and still uses it today as his staple Bitcoin library. Today, Steve heads up nChain’s engineering team and is the Technical Director of the Bitcoin SV Node project. He is passionate about the future role of Bitcoin in reshaping the world. In his own words, it is disruptive technology with “more potential to change the world than the printing press.” In his role, he contributes his ecosystem-wide perspective to support building the mining and UX infrastructure needed to enable Satoshi’s Vision to be realized.
Dr. Dhirendra Shukla President & Chair Gray Wolf Analytics Inc.Dr. Dhirendra ShuklaPresident & Chair, Gray Wolf Analytics Inc.
Professor & Chair, J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, University of New Brunswick
Dr. Dhirendra Shukla utilizes his expertise from the telecom sector and extensive academic background, and co-founded Gray Wolf Analytics Inc., a firm that is focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain risk management.
Additionally, he is the Professor and Chair of the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada. They are currently partnered with industry leading firms in the energy sector researching Smart Grid Energy Technologies.
Recognition of his tireless efforts and vision are demonstrated through UNB’s 2014 award from Startup Canada as “Most Entrepreneurial Post-Secondary Institution of the Year,” his nomination as a finalist for Industry Champion by KIRA, and his nomination as a finalist for Progress Media’s Innovation in Practice award. Dhirendra was nominated for the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award and selected by a panel of judges as a Top 75 finalist. Most recently, he received the Entrepreneur Promotion Award by Startup Canada (2017), as well as the Outstanding Educator Award by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick in 2018. -
17:20 - 17:45 ESTKEYNOTE SPEECHSpeakerGeorge Gilder - Economist, Writer, Investor & Technology Visionary,SpeakerGeorge Gilder Economist, Writer, Investor & Technology VisionaryGeorge Gilder
Economist, Writer, Investor and Technology Visionary
George Gilder is the founder-fellow of Discovery Institute, and has authored 19 books, including: Life After Google: Fall of Big Data and Rise of Blockchain Economy (Regnery 2018). Scandal of Money (Regnery 2016). A 21st Century Case for Gold (AmericanPrinciplesProject.org/gilder. 2015); Knowledge&Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism (Regnery 2013); Men&Marriage; Wealth&Poverty (new edition Regnery 2012); The Spirit of Enterprise (Micron Technology history); Life After Television, Microcosm, Telecosm, The Silicon Eye, Israel Test (reissued with foreword by Joe Lieberman, Encounter, 2012).
Microcosm and Telecosm were listed among the era's top 10 technology books by VentureBeat and Microcosm ranked among the era's top two technology books by Wired. Knowledge and Power was libertarian "book of the year" at FreedomFest 2013.
A contributor to Forbes, National Review, and the Wall Street Journal, George also co-authored The Party That Lost Its Head (Knopf, 1965), with Bruce Chapman. He worked as venture capitalist (angel) with U.S. technology companies (such as Otoy—world's leading 3D graphics in the cloud; Immusoft, pioneering the programming of immune cells; Gerson-Lehrman Group, world's leader in knowledge networking; Rivetz, leader in digital wallet security and bitcoin interfaces; and Israeli tech companies—such as EZchip, leader in network processing chips, ASOCS, world leading software defined radio chip design); Contextors, breakthrough language recognition products.
George also wrote Gilder Technology Report, and began technology writing in the Rosen Letter and Release2.0. He was on boards of private companies such as Berkshire Corporation (10 years; cleanroom products), Seldon Technology (4 years; carbon nanotube filters), Rivetz (current; security products) and public companies such as Wave Systems (1993-2015), K-12 (several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s), Mosaix (5 years in the 1990s). Number 27 Management Guru in Clayton Christensen's Top 50.
His specialties include long distance running, chiefly trail and hill races, and Nordic skiing.
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17:45 - 17:50 ESTDay 2: Wrap-Up TimeSpeakerJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationSpeakerJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
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Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
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09:05 - 09:20 ESTFabriik: The Future of Digital Assets and a Tokenized WorldFinance and BankingSpeakerRoy Bernhard - Chief Visionary, Fabriik & The Bayesian Group10/07/2021 09:05 AM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 09:20 AM CGC ZURICH: Fabriik: The Future of Digital Assets and a Tokenized WorldFabriik: The Future of Digital Assets and a Tokenized World=0D=0ARoy Bernhard - Chief Visionary, Fabriik & The Bayesian Grouphttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakerRoy Bernhard Chief Visionary Fabriik & The Bayesian GroupRoy Bernhard
Chief Visionary, Fabriik & The Bayesian Group
Roy Bernhard is the Chief Visionary of The Bayesian Group, a multi-disciplinary, global group of organizations focused on “Modern Finance.” The Group includes a digital currency-focused AI/quantitative hedge fund—Bayesian Fund SPC; Bayesian Markets, a digital asset services business offering OTC trading, liquidity provision and market making services; as well as Fabriik, the world’s first end-to-end BSV tokenization platform.Roy attended the University of Western Ontario for Computer Science, and Harvard University for Business. He is currently the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Hummingbird Lawyers LLP. He has held executive positions at Workopolis, Spin Master Toys, and other large public companies. His experience brings stability and concrete direction in growing multi-million and billion-dollar organizations.
Roy also served as a consultant at Deloitte, TD/Canada Trust, and Bell. He is an accomplished speaker and was featured on the cover of CIO Magazine.
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09:20 - 09:35 ESTTokenizing Equity & Debt InstrumentsFinance and BankingSpeakerGeoffrey Hammond - Founder and Manager, Aequantium LLCSpeakerGeoffrey Hammond Founder and Manager Aequantium LLCGeoffrey Hammond
Founder and Manager, Aequantium LLC
Geoffrey Hammond founded the Aequantium futures fund to trade option volatility on blockchain based futures products. He has comprehensive experience in the financial industry including government regulation, futures markets in including brokerage and discretionary trading.
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09:35 - 10:05 ESTTokenized Assets, Stablecoins and Custody with BSVFinance and BankingModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsJames Belding - Co-Founder & CEO, TokenizedChristian Solomine - Board Advisor, BitBoss CorporationKaren J. Wendel - President & CEO, TrustChains, LLC10/07/2021 09:35 AM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 10:05 AM CGC ZURICH: Tokenized Assets, Stablecoins and Custody with BSVTokenized Assets, Stablecoins and Custody with BSV=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0AJames Belding - Co-Founder & CEO, Tokenized=0D=0AChristian Solomine - Board Advisor, BitBoss Corporation=0D=0AKaren J. Wendel - President & CEO, TrustChains, LLChttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsJames Belding Co-Founder & CEO TokenizedJames BeldingCo-Founder & CEO, Tokenized
James is an engineer, entrepreneur, and ardent supporter of Satoshi Nakamoto's original vision for Bitcoin. He is a Co-founder and CEO of Tokenized. He is also the creator of the award-winning Tokenized Protocol, an open-source token and smart contract system for the Bitcoin SV network.
He is committed to building universal and easy-to-use tools that help make Bitcoin's value accessible to society at large. James is also a founding member of the Bitcoin Association's Technical Standards Committee.
Christian Solomine Board Advisor BitBoss CorporationChristian SolomineBoard Advisor, BitBoss Corporation
Christian Solomine is currently Senior Vice President of Sales for Repay Holdings, LLC (NASDAQ: RPAY) and is also Board Advisor to the BitBoss Corporation. He is a dynamic and highly sought-after speaker on topics such as Payments, Gaming, Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence. Recently, he has been assisting BitBoss with their go-to-market planning for their cashless solution for land-based casinos utilizing blockchain and employing a FDIC-insured U.S. dollar stabletoken for seamless routing of credits on and off slots and table games.
Christian’s payments, IoT, AI and gaming experience spans the greater part of the past two decades, including his time as the Chief Revenue Officer for Descartes Labs, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing for PayNearMe and General Manager for the North America Global Partner Program at Telefonica Digital.
Christian is magna cum laude graduate of James Madison University’s College of Integrated Science & Technology. He also received a Master of Science in Information Technology and holds an MBA from the Daniels College at the University of Denver.Karen J. Wendel President & CEO TrustChains, LLCKaren J. WendelPresident & CEO, TrustChains, LLC
An experienced cyber and crypto executive, Karen J. Wendel has over 30 years of C-suite experience in executive and board member positions. Her background is in financial services, including experience in domestic and international regulatory requirements, technology, cyber security, identity, and transaction processing. She has been active in the blockchain and crypto asset space for over five years, working directly with major global banking entities as well as innovators in the blockchain ecosystem.
Karen is a highly knowledgeable leader and strategist, with a passion for detecting and leveraging growth opportunities. She has a proven record of restructuring and rebuilding organizations, including transforming the transaction banking business at a major global bank from a $500M declining play to a $2B growth engine in just under three years.
Karen is the President and CEO of TrustChains, a boutique consulting firm that works with PE and VC firms to identify and evaluate potential acquisitions. In addition, she provides consulting services to private companies in the financial services space, including a custodian focused on cryptoassets and an insurance fintech. She serves on the boards of two privately held entities and one public company.
Karen’s previous experience includes CEO and board roles at IdenTrust (now owned by HID Global Corp), a global identity solutions company based in San Francisco, and eFinance (acquired by IdenTrust) an identity and credit solutions company. Karen was brought into both companies by their investors to drive transformation and strategy. In addition to these companies, Karen was a partner at Capco, a global business and technology consulting firm, and a partner at Gemini Consulting, a global management consulting firm, where she led the financial services practice.
Karen is an author on financial management, payments, and supply chain integration; an advisor to U.S. government agencies and the European Union on emerging technologies for payments and transaction processing, and a keynote speaker at major international banking conferences.
Karen earned degrees in International Relations and Economics from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
Karen resides in San Francisco, Calif., with her family, except when she is sheltering in place in the mountains of Utah.
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10:05 - 10:35 ESTFuture of Digital Asset Trading & Financial ServicesInvestment ManagementModeratorMarcin Zarakowski - Legal Counsel & Public Policy Manager, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsAntonio Brasse, CPA, CIA, CFSA, CISA, CAMS - CEO and Co-Founder, BlockQuakeDavid D’Amico - Group Director, VP Digital Asset Banking, Signature BankJoshua Lim - Head of Derivatives, Genesis Global Trading10/07/2021 10:05 AM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 10:35 AM CGC ZURICH: Future of Digital Asset Trading & Financial ServicesFuture of Digital Asset Trading & Financial Services =0D=0AMarcin Zarakowski - Legal Counsel & Public Policy Manager, Bitcoin Association=0D=0AAntonio Brasse, CPA, CIA, CFSA, CISA, CAMS - CEO and Co-Founder, BlockQuake=0D=0ADavid D’Amico - Group Director, VP Digital Asset Banking, Signature Bank=0D=0AJoshua Lim - Head of Derivatives, Genesis Global Tradinghttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorMarcin Zarakowski Legal Counsel & Public Policy Manager Bitcoin AssociationMarcin Zarakowski
Legal Counsel & Public Policy Manager, Bitcoin Association
Marcin is an attorney-at-law (Poland) specializing in IP law, IT law, data protection (CIPP/E), and AML/KYC with a profound knowledge of various legal aspects of blockchain technology and crypto-assets. Certified Swiss startup board member. He is the Legal Counsel and Public Policy Manager at Bitcoin Association, co-chair of the Privacy Working Group of INATBA, and member of the Expert Panel of EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum.Marcin is also a member of ThinkBLOCKtank and Swiss-Polish Blockchain Association. He is a speaker and panelist at blockchain-related events, courses, and trainings.
PanelistsAntonio Brasse, CPA, CIA, CFSA, CISA, CAMS CEO and Co-Founder BlockQuakeAntonio Brasse, CPA, CIA, CFSA, CISA, CAMSCEO and Co-Founder, BlockQuake
Antonio is one of the founders and CEO of BlockQuake™. He has nearly two decades of regulatory, financial, operational, and technology audit experience within the financial services industry. Antonio spent much of his career at AIG, Citi and New York Life prior to co-founding BlockQuake, a regulatory-driven digital asset, and cryptocurrency trading platform. His personal trading experience included stocks, options, and forex before delving into cryptocurrency trading.
David D’Amico Group Director, VP Digital Asset Banking Signature BankDavid D’AmicoGroup Director, VP Digital Asset Banking, Signature Bank
David D’Amico serves as Managing Group Director and Vice President of Digital Asset Banking at Signature Bank (NASDAQ: SBNY), a New York-based full-service commercial bank. He was appointed to his role in January 2018.
David is serving companies engaged in digital assets and blockchain technology and oversees all aspects of private client commercial banking related to fiat settlement for these firms. In less than four years, the team of three has grown to a department of 18, servicing about 1,000 clients around the globe and managing over $20 billion in deposit balances for the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
David brings more than 15 years of experience in private commercial banking to his role. He quickly learned the digital asset industry needed a path to successfully merge its clientele with the commercial banking industry, one vertical at a time. From OTC desks to cryptocurrency exchanges to crypto mining operations, Signature Bank’s Digital Assets team manages all of the day-to-day banking needs, encompassing client onboarding, account approvals, 24x7 client servicing and ongoing risk mitigation controls for Signature Bank.
In January 2019, Signature Bank successfully launched Signet™, a proprietary blockchain-based payments platform used to settle USD 24/7/365 for all approved Signature Bank commercial clients. Signature Bank is the first FDIC-insured bank to launch a blockchain-based digital payments platform, and Signet is the first such platform to be approved for use by the NYS Department of Financial Services.
David hails from Stroudsburg, Pa. He is a graduate of East Stroudsburg University (East Stroudsburg, Pa.)Joshua Lim Head of Derivatives Genesis Global TradingJoshua LimHead of Derivatives, Genesis Global Trading
Joshua Lim is Head of Derivatives at Genesis Trading. He previously managed the spot and derivatives trading desk at Galaxy Digital and built the treasury and over the counter (OTC) trading desk at Circle. Before digital currency, Josh traded equity volatility at Goldman Sachs.
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10:55 - 11:10 ESTBSV Blockchain in ChinaGeneralSpeakerLise Li - China Manager, Bitcoin AssociationSpeakerLise Li China Manager Bitcoin AssociationLise Li
China Manager, Bitcoin Association
Lise is China Manager for Bitcoin Association. Based in Beijing, her role is to implement a comprehensive strategy for growth of BSV throughout China – a key market for the Bitcoin industry. This includes work to highlight the unique capabilities of the BSV Blockchain to developers, enterprises, miners, venture investors, and Bitcoin users.
Lise brings valuable China market experience and relationships to Bitcoin Association and BSV’s growth. Previously, Lise was Chief Operating Officer of Rawpool, a Bitcoin mining pool in China. At Rawpool, her responsibilities included a digital mining project, management of the mining pool operation, expanding customer accounts, and technical research and cryptocurrency industry analysis. Lise also worked for 8 years in the e-commerce industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.
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11:10 - 11:25 ESTIncreasing Footprints of BSV Blockchain in Middle East & South AsiaGeneralSpeakerMuhammad Salman Anjum - Head of BSV Hub, Middle East & South Asia | Chief Mate, InvoiceMate10/07/2021 11:10 AM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 11:25 AM CGC ZURICH: Increasing Footprints of BSV Blockchain in Middle East & South AsiaIncreasing Footprints of BSV Blockchain in Middle East & South Asia =0D=0AMuhammad Salman Anjum - Head of BSV Hub, Middle East & South Asia | Chief Mate, InvoiceMatehttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginSpeakerMuhammad Salman Anjum Head of BSV Hub Middle East & South Asia | Chief Mate, InvoiceMateMuhammad Salman Anjum
Chief Mate, InvoiceMate | Head of BSV Hub for Middle East & South Asia
Salman has been named a “Top 100 Blockchain Leader in World.” As a Founder and Chief Mate of InvoiceMate, he is co-creating the future of invoice processing with blockchain enabled trusted process and enhanced efficiency. The business aims to solve the real world business issue of inefficient invoice processing and would result in saving professionals much effort, time and resources.
As Managing Director of Avantas Technology Accelerator, Salman has expanded blockchain technology solutions for government entities, international bodies and large-scale enterprises thus imparted his passion for societal impact through digital transformation initiatives. MedsLOCK (medslock.com) has been a highlight project supporting government authorities, healthcare officials and businesses countering COVID-19 outbreak.
A key influencer in the space of enterprise blockchain adaption, Salman has moderated events and presented keynotes at stages around the world including a talk at esteemed TEDx platform. He’s a Blockchain and FinTech specialist in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Faculty. Salman is a results-driven professional with over 20 years in corporate and entrepreneurial roles aligning People, Performance and Profit, and has been featured as success story in “Soul Beats @ UAE” the book published by Dubai Government. Pursuing his Doctorate degree, he is a CIPD Member and one of the pioneer Lead Auditors of ISO 29990:2010 for L&D operations.
Salman lives, plays and works in Dubai and on stages around the world committed to empower the human potential.
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11:25 - 11:55 ESTBlockchain for a Better Supply Chain & SustainabilitySupply ChainModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsStephanie Benedetto - CEO & Co-Founder, Queen of RawPhil Derasmo - CTO & Co-Founder, Queen of RawBrian H. Choi, CFA - Managing Partner & CEO, The Food InstituteStephan Nilsson - Co-Founder & CEO, UNISOT10/07/2021 11:25 AM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 11:55 AM CGC ZURICH: Blockchain for a Better Supply Chain & SustainabilityBlockchain for a Better Supply Chain & Sustainability=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0AStephanie Benedetto - CEO & Co-Founder, Queen of Raw=0D=0APhil Derasmo - CTO & Co-Founder, Queen of Raw=0D=0ABrian H. Choi, CFA - Managing Partner & CEO, The Food Institute=0D=0AStephan Nilsson - Co-Founder & CEO, UNISOThttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsStephanie Benedetto CEO & Co-Founder Queen of RawStephanie BenedettoCEO & Co-Founder, Queen of Raw
Corporate attorney turned fashion tech and sustainability entrepreneur, Stephanie is the Co-Founder of Queen of Raw, a marketplace to buy and sell unused textiles, keeping them out of landfills and turning pollution into profit.
Prior to starting Queen of Raw, Stephanie worked as a lawyer in the fashion, media and entertainment, startup, and technology industries and co-founded a sustainable textile manufacturing facility. An advocate for women in business and sustainability, her companies have been featured in NPR, Good Morning America, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, WWD, ELLE, Cheddar, Parade, WCBS, United Nations, Fortune, Entrepreneur, WIRED, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Fast Company.
Stephanie is a 2020 Inc. Female Founders 100, NASA/NIKE/IKEA/DELL LAUNCH.org Innovator, a Grand Prize WeWork Creator Awards Winner presented by Ashton Kutcher, a Cartier Women's Initiative Laureate, an MIT Solve - Circular Economy Solver, a Climate Change Finalist in Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity, a Finalist for The Elevate Prize, a thredUP Circular Fashion Fund Recipient, and an LVMH Innovation Award Finalist. She is a Member of Pledge 1% and New York Circular City Initiative and Founding Member of Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network, along with Aveda, Kering, and Stella McCartney.Phil Derasmo CTO & Co-Founder Queen of RawPhil DerasmoCTO & Co-Founder, Queen of Raw
Phil is the CTO and co-founder of Queen of Raw, a marketplace to buy and sell unused textiles, keeping them out of landfills and turning pollution into profit. Their blockchain-enabled SasS enterprise software, MateriaMX, provides track and transparency to supply chains while providing the tech needed to participate in the circular economy markets.
Phil is a former Wall Street techie and Department of Environmental Protection engineer turned sustainable marketplace entrepreneur.Brian H. Choi, CFA Managing Partner & CEO The Food InstituteBrian H. Choi, CFAManaging Partner and CEO, The Food Institute
Brian Choi is an experienced financial executive in the Food & Agricultural industry. He was recently named Managing Partner and CEO of The Food Institute, a New Jersey-based food news and market research company founded in 1928. His vision is to build the company into the “go-to” source for news, research, advisory and analytics for the food industry.Earlier in his career, Brian served as Vice President of Finance & Business Development at Woerner Holdings, LP, a single-family investment office focused on private equity investments in the food, beverage, and agricultural industries. In his role, Brian primarily focused on mining for acquisition opportunities and performing financial due diligence. He was also involved in developing business strategy for companies held within the family office’s investment portfolio.
Previous to joining Woerner Holdings, Brian worked at Ernst & Young as Manager in their Transaction Advisory Services group, performing valuation analyses on companies and complex securities. In addition, he worked at Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs as part of their Investment Banking and Fixed Income divisions. Brian currently resides in New York City and is a member of Times Square Church located in Manhattan, NYC. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Finance degree from the University of British Columbia in Canada.
Stephan Nilsson Co-Founder & CEO UNISOTStephan NilssonCo-Founder & CEO, UNISOT
Stephan Nilsson is the co-founder and CEO of UNISOT, an “Enterprise Blockchain Service Provider” providing enterprise turnkey solutions that solves the Top 10 problems in global supply chains. He has over 20 years’ experience working with ERP systems integrations. He is also engaged with Ernst & Young Skye, building an Industry Solution in SAP for the seafood industry that provides Global Traceability, Provenance and BDI through the use of Bitcoin SV Blockchain.
Stephan is the founder and President of Norway Bitcoin and Blockchain Association, co-founder of BITaccel, a Nordic blockchain startup accelerator and MOB in Oslo Blockchain Cluster. He has been involved in the crypto/blockchain space since 2012 and started integrating SAP with blockchain in 2014.
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11:55 - 12:30 ESTGovernment & Public Sector Applications on BlockchainBusiness and TechnologyModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsSaeed Mohammed Ali Alhebsi - Advisor in AI & Sr. Project Mngr, UAE Ministry, of HR & EmiratisationMuhammad Salman Anjum - Head of BSV Hub, Middle East & South Asia | Chief Mate, InvoiceMateMohammed Ibrahim Jega - Co-Founder, Dominuem Blockchain Solutions Ltd.Ahmed Yousif - Middle East Lead, BSV Blockchain for Government Initiative10/07/2021 11:55 AM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 12:30 PM CGC ZURICH: Government & Public Sector Applications on BlockchainGovernment & Public Sector Applications on Blockchain=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0ASaeed Mohammed Ali Alhebsi - Advisor in AI & Sr. Project Mngr, UAE Ministry, of HR & Emiratisation=0D=0AMuhammad Salman Anjum - Head of BSV Hub, Middle East & South Asia | Chief Mate, InvoiceMate=0D=0AMohammed Ibrahim Jega - Co-Founder, Dominuem Blockchain Solutions Ltd.=0D=0AAhmed Yousif - Middle East Lead, BSV Blockchain for Government Initiativehttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsSaeed Mohammed Ali Alhebsi Advisor in AI & Sr. Project Mngr, UAE Ministry of HR & EmiratisationSaeed Mohammed Ali AlhebsiAdvisor in AI and Senior Project Manager, United Arab Emirates Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation | Serial Entrepreneur
Saeed is an Advisor in AI and Senior Project Manager for the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE). A serial entrepreneur, Saeed is also co-founder of Startup Lex, a co-founder in Casa Mobili, and an owner of VETC International – all businesses in the UAE.
MOHRE applies a strategic plan that seeks to transform the job market in the UAE into an empowering attractive market for Emirati talents. This represents a roadmap in managing manpower in the UAE to reach a new phase of development and establish a knowledge-based economy according to the future vision of the government, contributing to the government's efforts to realize the objectives of the UAE Vision 2021. To achieve this, MOHRE adopts a comprehensive system of policies, standards, regulatory instruments, institutional partnerships, and excellent services.
The Ministry also seeks to realize its strategic plan that includes empowering Emirati manpower, protecting the work environment, and enhancing the job market, while reinforcing innovation, and providing excellent services—including all administrative services—according to high standards of quality, efficiency, and transparency.
Saeed earned his Bachelor degree in Urban Planning from United Arab Emirates University, and an MBA, Operations Management & Supervision from the University of Winchester in the United Kingdom. He participated in the UAE Government Leaders Programme and received diplomas in Strategic Leadership from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and in Artificial Intelligence from Kellogg College, University of Oxford.Muhammad Salman Anjum Head of BSV Hub Middle East & South Asia | Chief Mate, InvoiceMateMuhammad Salman AnjumChief Mate, InvoiceMate | Head of BSV Hub for Middle East & South Asia
Salman has been named a “Top 100 Blockchain Leader in World.” As a Founder and Chief Mate of InvoiceMate, he is co-creating the future of invoice processing with blockchain enabled trusted process and enhanced efficiency. The business aims to solve the real world business issue of inefficient invoice processing and would result in saving professionals much effort, time and resources.
As Managing Director of Avantas Technology Accelerator, Salman has expanded blockchain technology solutions for government entities, international bodies and large-scale enterprises thus imparted his passion for societal impact through digital transformation initiatives. MedsLOCK (medslock.com) has been a highlight project supporting government authorities, healthcare officials and businesses countering COVID-19 outbreak.
A key influencer in the space of enterprise blockchain adaption, Salman has moderated events and presented keynotes at stages around the world including a talk at esteemed TEDx platform. He’s a Blockchain and FinTech specialist in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Faculty. Salman is a results-driven professional with over 20 years in corporate and entrepreneurial roles aligning People, Performance and Profit, and has been featured as success story in “Soul Beats @ UAE” the book published by Dubai Government. Pursuing his Doctorate degree, he is a CIPD Member and one of the pioneer Lead Auditors of ISO 29990:2010 for L&D operations.
Salman lives, plays and works in Dubai and on stages around the world committed to empower the human potential.
Mohammed Ibrahim Jega Co-Founder Dominuem Blockchain Solutions Ltd.Mohammed Ibrahim JegaCo-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer, Domineum Blockchain Solutions LtdMohammed is a serial tech entrepreneur, startup mentor, fintech expert, blockchain enthusiast and startup community volunteer. He is Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Domineum Blockchain Solutions, as well as a Director at Vogue Pay and Founder at StartUp Arewa.Mohammed is an Official Member of Forbes Business Council, a Director at Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute and International Partner at World Business Angel Investment Forum. Mohammed is based in Nigeria.Ahmed Yousif Middle East Lead BSV Blockchain for Government InitiativeAhmed YousifMiddle East Lead, BSV Blockchain for Government Initiative | Co-Founder, Black Stone Data SolutionsAhmed Yousif has two decades of experience working in the ICT industry, most of which has been on Digital Transformation products and services for public sector governance and e-Government innovation. After 15 years working in the U.S. government in a leadership role, he joined the Makkah Municipality in 2015 in Saudi Arabia as a Digital Transformation and Strategic Head.As a Digital Transformation Leader, he has led many data-driven projects in the area of Blockchain, BI, AI, and ML where he delivers substantial strategic results. His strong operational focus based on data and customer digital experience is used to inform, plan, and enable digital strategies.
Ahmed is also the Middle East Lead for the BSV Blockchain for Government Initiative. In this role, he builds awareness and understanding of the utility of the BSV blockchain for large-scale government agency and public sector projects, as well as establishes and develop relationships with enterprise leaders and government policymakers across the Middle East.
He is a proven cross-cultural, multi-national executive with exceptional influencing skills and is an innovator with a deep grasp of G2C and G2G technologies, data, and services both in the U.S. and abroad.
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13:30 - 13:45 ESTDigital Currency as a Tool for Financial InclusionGeneralSpeakerStephen Stonberg - CEO, Bittrex GlobalSpeakerStephen Stonberg CEO Bittrex GlobalStephen Stonberg
CEO, Bittrex Global
Stephen is the CEO for Bittrex Global, one of the top 10 digital asset exchanges in the world.
Stephen has spent his entire 25-year career working in financial markets in London and New York. He left the traditional world of finance to get involved in the crypto and blockchain industry. He now serves as the CEO of Bittrex Global, one of the most reliable and secure cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Stephen also educates and advises the leadership of Fortune 50 companies on their cryptocurrency and blockchain strategies.
Prior to Bittrex Global, Stephen joined the Investment Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Stephen advised executives, entrepreneurs, and foundations on all items of economic impact to their balance sheet. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he advised some of the world’s most sophisticated investors as a Partner and US CEO at Brevan Howard, Head of the New York office at Winton Capital, and Managing Director at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Stephen also worked as a Managing Director in Fixed Income Sales and Trading at JPMorgan, and in Mergers and Acquisitions.
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13:45 - 14:20 ESTA Better Internet Experience using BlockchainGeneralModeratorBryan Daugherty - North America Regional Manager, Bitcoin AssociationSpeakersRyan Byrne - Co-Founder & CEO, BuzzCastTy Everett - Founding President, Project BabbageConnor Murray - Co-Founder & CEO , BritevueLuke Rohenaz - Co-Founder & CEO, TonicPow10/07/2021 1:45 PM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 2:20 PM CGC ZURICH: A Better Internet Experience using BlockchainA Better Internet Experience using Blockchain=0D=0ABryan Daugherty - North America Regional Manager, Bitcoin Association=0D=0ARyan Byrne - Co-Founder & CEO, BuzzCast=0D=0ATy Everett - Founding President, Project Babbage=0D=0AConnor Murray - Co-Founder & CEO , Britevue=0D=0ALuke Rohenaz - Co-Founder & CEO, TonicPowhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorBryan Daugherty North America Regional Manager Bitcoin AssociationBryan Daugherty
North America Regional Manager, Bitcoin Association
After two decades of successfully helping to digitally transform businesses and organizations with a wide array of enterprise-grade technologies, Bryan now focuses his time providing blockchain technical advice and consultation. He is a certified cryptocurrency investigator and the Regional Manager for North America for Bitcoin Association, a blockchain educative non-profit based in Zug, Switzerland.
His expertise revolves around the following topics:
• Blockchain Information Security / Cybersecurity
• Environmental Sustainability and Governance
• Enterprise Blockchain Integration & Implementation
• Commercial Blockchain Application Development
Bryan helps organizations explore the best use of blockchain for business growth and transformation.SpeakersRyan Byrne Co-Founder & CEO BuzzCastRyan ByrneCo-Founder & CEO, BuzzCast
Ryan is an award-winning director and producer with degrees in economics and finance from UCLA and the London School of Economics.He began his career in private equity with Capital Resource Partners before launching his first tech startup in the travel space. Ryan eventually landed back at USC where he got his MFA in film and went on to direct the award-winning feature film ‘A Colombia’. After launching in 2007, The Buzz Lab quickly became one of the premier content and event production companies in the technology industry, working with clients such as Oracle, Adobe, eBay, PayPal, Hulu, PwC, the National Institute of Health, Uber.
Answering the needs of top-tier production companies to have a highly secure, scalable and high-quality virtual event platform, Ryan launched BuzzCast in early 2020 to bring an enterprise-scale solution to the marketplace. Since then, BuzzCast has worked with clients such as The Gates Foundation, Uber, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and many other industry leaders.
Ty Everett Founding President Project BabbageTy EverettFounding President, Project Babbage
Ty Everett is a long-time digital privacy advocate and leading blockchain pioneer. He was born and raised in Oregon, where he developed a fascination with computers and technology from a young age. For his high school senior project, Ty developed a privacy-oriented social network while attending college-level computer science courses.
Ty has since contributed to many blockchain projects including wallets, payment processors and data services. Through his continuing work across the MetaNet ecosystem, Ty is empowering businesses and creators with new tools and technologies that make integrating Bitcoin simple.Connor Murray Co-Founder & CEO BritevueConnor MurrayCo-Founder & CEO, Britevue
Connor is the Co-Founder and CEO of Britevue, an online review platform where users earn money and digital rewards for their feedback. He also works as an instructor and course content specialist for the Bitcoin SV Academy.
Luke Rohenaz Co-Founder & CEO TonicPowLuke RohenazCo-Founder & CEO, TonicPow
Luke Rohenaz is the CEO of TonicPow, a new company using BSV to shake up the affiliate and influencer marketing landscape.
Luke is an accomplished software engineer with over 20 years of development experience who took an early interest in Bitcoin. Prior to co-founding TonicPow, Luke designed systems for a number of industries including healthcare, law, entertainment, and digital marketing. He is a long time Bitcoin advocate, and regular open source contributor to the BSV development ecosystem. He is passionate about the positive change Bitcoin will bring to the world, and is working to demonstrate the immense benefits a universal source of truth can provide across the entire spectrum of business activity. -
14:20 - 15:10 ESTInvestigating Criminal Activity on the BlockchainRegulation and LawModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsWilliam Callahan - Director of Government & Strategic Affairs, Blockchain Intelligence GroupShaun MaGruder - Founder & CEO, BlockTraceMriganka Pattnaik - CEO & Co-Founder, Merkle ScienceRichard G. Reinhardt - Special Agent, IRS Criminal Investigation10/07/2021 2:20 PM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 3:10 PM CGC ZURICH: Investigating Criminal Activity on the BlockchainInvestigating Criminal Activity on the Blockchain=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0AWilliam Callahan - Director of Government & Strategic Affairs, Blockchain Intelligence Group=0D=0AShaun MaGruder - Founder & CEO, BlockTrace=0D=0AMriganka Pattnaik - CEO & Co-Founder, Merkle Science=0D=0ARichard G. Reinhardt - Special Agent, IRS Criminal Investigationhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsWilliam Callahan Director of Government & Strategic Affairs Blockchain Intelligence GroupWilliam CallahanDirector of Government & Strategic Affairs, Blockchain Intelligence Group
William (Bill) J. Callahan III is a law enforcement veteran with 20+ years in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He retired from the DEA as the Special Agent In Charge (ret.) for the St. Louis division and held numerous posts in the DEA since joining in early 2000.
In 2021, Bill joined Blockchain Intelligence Group as the Director of Government and Strategic Affairs, where he is responsible for developing relationships with law enforcement, regulators, and government agencies globally.
Shaun MaGruder Founder & CEO BlockTraceShaun MaGruderFounder & CEO, BlockTrace
Shaun MaGruder is the Founder and CEO of BlockTrace. He is certified in a variety of blockchain analytics tools and is himself a Certified Virtual Currency Investigator. He actively assists law enforcement agencies in complex virtual currency investigations.
Shaun has a background in computer science, signals intelligence, analysis, network exploitation and other related areas. He founded BlockTrace, LLC in 2018 with the primary objective of working with governments and private companies to solve challenges related to investigating incidents of money laundering, asset recovery, fraud, and other financial crimes involving the use of cryptocurrencies. It has helped private companies and government agencies to address these challenges.
The BlockTrace team has a diversified range of skills and experience including but not limited to conducting cyber and cryptocurrency investigations, software engineering, big data analytics and forensics.Mriganka Pattnaik CEO & Co-Founder Merkle ScienceMriganka PattnaikCEO & Co-Founder, Merkle Science
Mriganka Pattnaik is the CEO and co-founder of Merkle Science, leading the overall vision and strategic direction, fundraising, and sales of the company. Mriganka previously led growth and business expansion in Southeast Asia and India for London-based retail cryptocurrency exchange Luno prior to its acquisition by blockchain investment firm Digital Currency Group.
During his tenure at Luno, Mriganka supported strategy and country-specific execution across three continents, giving him first-hand knowledge of the compliance challenges faced by digital asset businesses in diverse jurisdictions and the critical role regulations play in the industry’s health and sustainable growth.
Before Luno, Mriganka was part of the global investment banking team at Bank of America for the Technology, Media and Telecom sector. Mriganka holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.Richard G. Reinhardt Special Agent IRS Criminal InvestigationRichard G. ReinhardtSpecial Agent, IRS Criminal Investigation
Richard has been a Special Agent with IRS Criminal Investigation for 23 years. He is currently the Cyber Coordinator for the New York Field Office and previously served as the Cyber Coordinator for the Newark Field Office.
Richard has been working cyber investigations for the past seven years in the NY/NJ area and across the United States. He has participated in investigations involving cryptocurrency frauds, money laundering BTC through peer-to-peer exchanges, and Bitcoin ATMs. He has worked with numerous law enforcement agencies, including the DEA, FBI, HSI, local and state agencies as well as international law enforcement. Richard was the lead agent on one of the largest international cryptocurrency fraud investigations at IRS CI and was involved in some the earliest cryptocurrency investigations that were investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation.
Before working in the cyber arena, Richard worked on narcotics money laundering investigations. He primarily worked on black market pesos investigations. He also has experience in mortgage fraud and penny stock fraud investigations. Prior to working for IRS Criminal Investigation, Richard worked as a Diversion Investigator with the Drug Enforcement Administration and a Patrol Agent for the U.S. Border Patrol. Richard is a graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. -
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15:30 - 15:40 EST4th BSV Hackathon Winner AnnouncementsGeneralSpeakerJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationSpeakerJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
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15:40 - 16:20 ESTInvesting in Blockchain VenturesInvestment ManagementModeratorPaul Rajchgod - Managing Director of Private Equity, Ayre VenturesPanelistsWendy Diamond - Founder & CEO, LDP VenturesAlex Fauvel - Founder & General Partner, Two Hop VenturesRoman V. Livson - CFO, Burkhan World InvestmentsCraig Massey - Chairman, Satoshi DojoZach Resnick - Managing Partner, Unbounded Capital10/07/2021 3:40 PM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 4:20 PM CGC ZURICH: Investing in Blockchain VenturesInvesting in Blockchain Ventures=0D=0APaul Rajchgod - Managing Director of Private Equity, Ayre Ventures=0D=0AWendy Diamond - Founder & CEO, LDP Ventures=0D=0AAlex Fauvel - Founder & General Partner, Two Hop Ventures=0D=0ARoman V. Livson - CFO, Burkhan World Investments=0D=0ACraig Massey - Chairman, Satoshi Dojo=0D=0AZach Resnick - Managing Partner, Unbounded Capitalhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorPaul Rajchgod Managing Director of Private Equity Ayre VenturesPaul Rajchgod
Managing Director of Private Equity, Ayre Ventures
Paul is the Managing Director of Private Equity at Ayre Ventures, working on investments into companies building on the Bitcoin SV blockchain. Prior to that, Paul was an investment banker, working with technology companies on private financings, IPOs, and M&A transactions.
PanelistsWendy Diamond Founder & CEO LDP VenturesWendy DiamondFounder & CEO - LDP Ventures | Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) | Animal Fair Media, Inc.
Wendy Diamond is the CEO and founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) / #ChooseWOMEN, a non-governmental volunteer organization and global initiative celebrated in 144 countries, and universities and colleges worldwide with the mission to economically empower women in business to alleviate poverty.
She is an investor and advisor in social impact disruptive technologies and women-led businesses including: Bidversity, OpenGrants, EFF Ventures, Producers Market, CoinFund, Basepaws, Crescent Capital, Waggit, QuantomRock Technologies, Tooth and Tailz, LOOK Lateral Art, IPWE, Trust Circle, Blocktower Capital, Infinigon Group, SAFE Health, Farma Trust, Breathometer, IGP Energy, and SNAKT.
Wendy has authored 10 widely celebrated books, garnered three Guinness World Records, and has appeared in media outlets including CNBC, Oprah, NBC's Today Show, Bloomberg, The New York Times and Forbes. She has also been a featured keynote speaker at the United Nations, Davos, and Harvard University.
Wendy sits on the Boards of Ellis Island Honors Society, Global Alliance For a Sustainable Planet (GASP), Girls Club Capital, Global Women in Blockchain, Humane Society of New York, and Grey Muzzle Foundation.
Prior to WEDO, after learning 12 million animals were euthanized annually, Wendy founded Animal Fair Media, Inc., the premiere pet lifestyle media platform bridging celebrity and pop culture to support animal rescue and welfare.Alex Fauvel Founder & General Partner Two Hop VenturesAlex FauvelFounder & General Partner, Two Hop Ventures
Founder and General Partner of Two Hop Ventures, a Dutch Bitcoin SV focused venture capital fund, Alex Fauvel has a keen interest in the underlying technology of Bitcoin. Two Hop Ventures’ first investment, Pixel Wallet, highlighted the issue of technical complexity and specialities required to build the best solutions possible within the information data handling domain.
With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Alex understands the importance of the development of technical standards in the growth of an industry. He is a member of the Bitcoin SV Technical Standards Committee and knows that the Committee will be able to assist parties in developing robust standards that allow companies to interoperate seamlessly across all types of industries.Roman V. Livson CFO Burkhan World InvestmentsRoman V. LivsonCFO, Burkhan World Investments
Since February 2021, Roman V. Livson has been the Chief Financial Officer of Burkhan World, a family office investment company. He is also the Managing Member of Burtech LP, LLC, as well as the Chief Compliance Officer at investment banking firm Katalyst Securities LLC, a position he holds since July 2014.
Roman started his professional career in the corporate finance department of PriceWaterhouseCoopers in London and Moscow where he focused on real estate, energy, metals and mining, shipping and logistics, and telecommunications sectors. He subsequently worked in the investment banking department of Hagstromer and Qviberg, a leading Swedish brokerage firm. After moving to the U.S. in 2000, Roman established an investment banking advisory firm to assist companies from Europe and BRIC countries in going public in the U.S., raising capital and engaging in cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions. Roman served as Chief Financial Officer of a U.S. public company where he was responsible for raising capital, structuring acquisitions and divestitures and financial reporting. He’s also raised over $100 million for oil and gas, as well as technology and biotechnology companies.
Roman holds Series 7, 24, and 63 registrations with the FINRA, and has a Master’s degree in Mathematical Finance from Columbia University, a Masters in Physics from Moscow Institute Of Electronics Engineering, and a Banking and Financing Degree from The London School of Economics.
Craig Massey Chairman Satoshi DojoCraig MasseyChairman, Satoshi Dojo
The Satoshi Block Dojo is the eighth company that Craig Massey has founded. The Dojo is an incubator for tech startups exclusively using the BSV Blockchain and has ambitions to fund and nurture around 250 companies in the next five years from the London Dojo. Most startups spend around 40% of their time fundraising whereas the Dojo handles the first three tranches of funding up to a seed round of £1.5M through direct investment and introduction to their investor network.
The key differentiator of the Satoshi Block Dojo compared to any other incubator, is that they provide a much more hands-on approach during the 12-week training programme, handling many of the annoying but necessary tasks of starting a company like legal, tax, bookkeeping etc. Another key part of the service is that the Dojo will identify a real-world R&D corporate partner for each startup. This then enables them to focus on delivering the solution and receiving immediate feedback so that they can iterate and improve quickly. The ambition is to achieve a prototype or MVP (Minimal Viable Product) within 12 weeks and just before one of the main investor pitch events.
Part of the team is the ex-CEO of Techstars so they are following their expansion model by replicating the Dojo model in different new country each year, starting with Dubai in early 2022.
From eight startups, Craig has had five successful exits with four of those for £ multi-millions, primarily in the B2B, Tech, SaaS space.
His other passions are opera, with him having visited most opera houses in Europe, and walking his dogs.Zach Resnick Managing Partner Unbounded CapitalZach ResnickManaging Partner, Unbounded Capital
Zach co-founded Unbounded Capital in 2018 with Founding Partner Dan Rosen. Unbounded Capital invests in the Bitcoin (BSV) ecosystem via early-stage equity in companies building on top of Bitcoin as well as asset and derivative exposure to Bitcoin itself. They envision businesses leveraging Bitcoin playing a predominant role in shaping how people interact with and use the internet in the coming decades, and are working to help entrepreneurs achieve that vision.
Zach studied Jazz Composition, Trumpet Performance, and Politics at Oberlin College and Conservatory. He is also the founder of flight concierge platform EasyPoint, and of poker education company Just Hands Poker. During his early 20s, Zach made a living from playing cash games and investing in other poker players, providing a unique understanding of risk management that is largely shaped through leveraging volatility to outperform others in the high-risk high-reward situations of poker. -
16:20 - 16:40 ESTKEYNOTE SPEECH Set in Stone: What is a Commodity?GeneralSpeakerDr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChainSpeakerDr. Craig S. Wright Chief Scientist nChain
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16:40 - 17:25 ESTBitcoin & Blockchain – Can Real Value Come from Real Utility?GeneralModeratorJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin AssociationPanelistsGeorge Gilder - Economist, Writer, Investor & Technology Visionary,Rafael LaVerde - Crypto Economic Analyst, The Crypto VigilanteEswar Prasad - , Tolani Senior Prof. of Trade Policy & Prof. of Economics, Cornell UniversityDr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChain10/07/2021 4:40 PM Europe/Zurich 10/07/2021 5:25 PM CGC ZURICH: Bitcoin & Blockchain – Can Real Value Come from Real Utility?Bitcoin & Blockchain – Can Real Value Come from Real Utility?=0D=0AJimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association=0D=0AGeorge Gilder - Economist, Writer, Investor & Technology Visionary, =0D=0ARafael LaVerde - Crypto Economic Analyst, The Crypto Vigilante=0D=0AEswar Prasad - , Tolani Senior Prof. of Trade Policy & Prof. of Economics, Cornell University=0D=0ADr. Craig S. Wright - Chief Scientist, nChainhttps://coingeekconference.6connex.eu/event/Zurich2021/loginModeratorJimmy Nguyen Founding President Bitcoin AssociationJimmy Nguyen
Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
PanelistsGeorge Gilder Economist, Writer, Investor & Technology VisionaryGeorge GilderEconomist, Writer, Investor and Technology Visionary
George Gilder is the founder-fellow of Discovery Institute, and has authored 19 books, including: Life After Google: Fall of Big Data and Rise of Blockchain Economy (Regnery 2018). Scandal of Money (Regnery 2016). A 21st Century Case for Gold (AmericanPrinciplesProject.org/gilder. 2015); Knowledge&Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism (Regnery 2013); Men&Marriage; Wealth&Poverty (new edition Regnery 2012); The Spirit of Enterprise (Micron Technology history); Life After Television, Microcosm, Telecosm, The Silicon Eye, Israel Test (reissued with foreword by Joe Lieberman, Encounter, 2012).
Microcosm and Telecosm were listed among the era's top 10 technology books by VentureBeat and Microcosm ranked among the era's top two technology books by Wired. Knowledge and Power was libertarian "book of the year" at FreedomFest 2013.
A contributor to Forbes, National Review, and the Wall Street Journal, George also co-authored The Party That Lost Its Head (Knopf, 1965), with Bruce Chapman. He worked as venture capitalist (angel) with U.S. technology companies (such as Otoy—world's leading 3D graphics in the cloud; Immusoft, pioneering the programming of immune cells; Gerson-Lehrman Group, world's leader in knowledge networking; Rivetz, leader in digital wallet security and bitcoin interfaces; and Israeli tech companies—such as EZchip, leader in network processing chips, ASOCS, world leading software defined radio chip design); Contextors, breakthrough language recognition products.
George also wrote Gilder Technology Report, and began technology writing in the Rosen Letter and Release2.0. He was on boards of private companies such as Berkshire Corporation (10 years; cleanroom products), Seldon Technology (4 years; carbon nanotube filters), Rivetz (current; security products) and public companies such as Wave Systems (1993-2015), K-12 (several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s), Mosaix (5 years in the 1990s). Number 27 Management Guru in Clayton Christensen's Top 50.
His specialties include long distance running, chiefly trail and hill races, and Nordic skiing.
Rafael LaVerde Crypto Economic Analyst The Crypto VigilanteRafael LaVerdeCrypto Economist Analyst, The Crypto Vigilante
Rafael LaVerde has a background in private equity and venture capital. He discovered Bitcoin in 2012 while volunteering on Ron Paul's presidential campaign. He served as board member of a Libertarian Super PAC while doing post-graduate work in economics and was also a member of the University of Texas’ Mises Circle.
Rafael’s formal education includes graduate degrees in continental philosophy and psychology. He has been a Bitcoin miner since 2014. Rafael also managed investor relations for the BitAngels Network, which helped finance the vast majority of early Bitcoin startups, and was also part of the DApps Fund team that revolutionized funding structures that eventually became known as ICOs and STOs. He was also the founding partner of what became one of the very first Bitcoin venture capital funds.
Eswar Prasad Tolani Senior Prof. of Trade Policy & Prof. of Economics, Cornell UniversityEswar PrasadTolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy & Professor of Economics, Cornell UniversityEswar Prasad is the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the New Century Chair in International Economics, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was previously chief of the Financial Studies Division in the IMF’s Research Department and, before that, was the head of the IMF’s China Division.Prasad’s latest book is The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance (Harvard University Press, 2021). He is also the author of Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi (Oxford, 2016) and The Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance (Princeton, 2014).Prasad has testified before the Senate Finance Committee, the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He is the creator of the Brookings-Financial Times world economy index (TIGER: Tracking Indices for the Global Economic Recovery). His op-ed articles have appeared in the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Harvard Business Review, International Herald Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
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Founding President, Bitcoin Association
Jimmy Nguyen is one of the world’s top Bitcoin and blockchain advocates. He is a renowned public speaker, media commentator and global ambassador for Bitcoin SV. Jimmy joined nChain and then helped launch Bitcoin Association after a 21-year career as an intellectual property and digital technology lawyer. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/U.S.
In 2008, Lawdragon named Jimmy (at only age 36) one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and described him as a “dynamo talent.” He has also been recognized by the Century City Bar Association as “Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” (2011), and by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel with its Industry Leader Award (2017). For his diverse leadership, Jimmy has been named a “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader” (2015) by Diversity MBA magazine and was inducted into California Minority Counsel Program’s Diversity Hall of Fame (2015).
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